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<h1 class="reader-title">Israel kills four Palestinians in West
Bank</h1>
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<span class="field field-author"><a
href="https://electronicintifada.net/people/maureen-clare-murphy">Maureen
Clare Murphy</a></span> <span class="field field-blog">-</span>
<span class="field field-publication-date"><span
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content="2020-02-06T22:26:37+00:00">6 February 2020</span></span>
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src="https://electronicintifada.net/sites/default/files/styles/original_800w/public/2020-02/060220_shj_00_8.jpg?itok=BFg4kO5c×tamp=1581012301"
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<p>Palestinian police carry the body of their
colleague Tariq Badwan, killed by Israeli
soldiers, during his funeral in the West Bank city
of Jenin on 6 February.</p>
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<span>APA images</span></small></figcaption></figure>
<p>Israeli occupation forces killed four Palestinians in
the West Bank, including Jerusalem’s Old City, over
Wednesday and Thursday.</p>
<p>A fifth Palestinian, Khalil al-Adham, died on
Thursday from his injuries after being shot by Israeli
forces in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday, the
health ministry in the territory <a
href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/gazan-shot-by-idf-on-saturday-succumbs-to-wounds-hamas-run-health-ministry/">reported</a>.</p>
<p>Several Israeli soldiers were injured in three
attacks on Thursday.</p>
<p>Israeli forces say they are pursuing a gunman who <a
href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-3rd-attack-of-the-day-at-least-one-hurt-in-west-bank-shooting/">opened
fire on a group of soldiers</a> outside a settlement
near Ramallah, the seat of the Palestinian Authority,
earlier in the day. One soldier was hospitalized for
light injuries to his head.</p>
<p>Before dawn on Thursday, a motorist <a
href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/12-wounded-1-seriously-in-suspected-car-ramming-attack-in-jerusalem/">drove
into a group of soldiers</a> in West Jerusalem,
injuring 12 of them, one seriously. Israel <a
href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-forces-nab-suspect-in-car-ramming-attack-that-injured-12-soldiers/">arrested</a>
the alleged attacker, a 25-year-old resident of
occupied East Jerusalem, late Thursday.</p>
<p>The soldiers, belonging to the Golani Brigade, “were
visiting Jerusalem ahead of an early morning
swearing-in ceremony at the Western Wall,” Israeli
media reported.</p>
<p>Soldiers in the <a
href="https://electronicintifada.net/tags/golani-brigade">Golani
Brigade</a> have <a
href="https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/reprimanded-israeli-soldier-still-posting-violent-racist-material-instagram">incited
the murder of Palestinians on social media</a> and
are <a
href="https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/david-cronin/how-war-criminal-can-veto-aid-gaza">suspected
of perpetrating war crimes in Gaza</a>.</p>
<p>Later on Thursday, a Palestinian citizen of Israel
was shot dead after opening fire at Israeli Border
Police officers outside the al-Aqsa mosque compound in
Jerusalem’s Old City.</p>
<p>Israeli media <a
href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/three-attacks-in-12-hours-a-look-at-thursdays-violence-in-jerusalem-west-bank/">named</a>
the slain Palestinian assailant as Shadi Banna, 45,
from Haifa.</p>
<p>Security camera footage released by Israel shows
Banna approaching a group of officers belonging to the
paramilitary police force and opening fire with a
pistol:</p>
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<p dir="rtl" lang="ar">من مسافة صفر..لحظة تنفيذ
عملية إطلاق نار صوب جنود الاحتلال في باب الأسباط
بالقدس المحتلة <a
href="https://t.co/pBJeEuk8fq">pic.twitter.com/pBJeEuk8fq</a></p>
— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@QudsNN) <a
href="https://twitter.com/QudsNN/status/1225425140533596160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February
6, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<p>The video appears to show the moment Banna is shot.
He is still running from the scene when the clip of
the incident ends.</p>
<p>Israeli police <a
href="https://twitter.com/MickyRosenfeld/status/1225375057217716224">stated</a>
that one officer was injured lightly.</p>
<h2>Deadly home demolition raid</h2>
<p>Two Palestinians, including a police officer, were
killed during an Israeli home demolition raid in the
northern West Bank city of Jenin early Thursday.</p>
<p>Occupation forces raided the city to destroy for the
second time a home belonging to the family of Ahmad
Qanbaa, a Palestinian imprisoned by Israel over his
alleged role in a <a
href="https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/maureen-clare-murphy/israeli-leaders-celebrate-extrajudicial-execution">shooting
attack</a> that killed a settler two years ago.</p>
<p>“The military first demolished the building in 2018,
but it had since been rebuilt,” Israeli media <a
href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinian-shot-dead-in-clashes-with-idf-in-jenin-during-home-demolition/">reported</a>.</p>
<p>Eight people, including two children, lived in the
building that was razed on Thursday, <a
href="https://www.pchrgaza.org/en/?p=14152">according
to</a> the Palestinian Center for Human Rights.</p>
<p><a
href="https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/charlotte-silver/israels-high-court-champions-revenge-against-palestinian-families">Since
late 2015</a>, Israel has <a
href="https://electronicintifada.net/content/israel-cant-crush-solidarity/17261">accelerated
the demolitions</a> of the family residences of
Palestinians alleged to have attacked Israelis.</p>
<p>Such collective punishment measures are a violation
of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which Israel has
ratified.</p>
<p>They also highlight Israel’s institutionalized
racism, since such punishments are never meted out
against the families of Israeli Jews who attack
Palestinians.</p>
<p>Palestinians gathered at the scene of the demolition
and confronted occupation forces. The military used
live fire, rubber-coated bullets and tear gas against
protesters.</p>
<p>Yazan Munthir Khalid Abu Tabikh, 19, was shot in the
chest and killed immediately, the Palestinian Center
for Human Rights stated.</p>
<p>Photos of Abu Tabikh on the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca
were circulated by Palestinian media outlets after his
death:</p>
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<p dir="rtl" lang="ar">صور الشهـيد يزن أبو طبيخ من
مدينة جنين أثناء تأديته العمرة في وقت سابق.<a
href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%82%D8%B7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%82%D8%A9?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#الشعب_يسقط_الصفقة</a>
<a href="https://t.co/VEpdCQJFkQ">pic.twitter.com/VEpdCQJFkQ</a></p>
— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@QudsNN) <a
href="https://twitter.com/QudsNN/status/1225435547579101185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February
6, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<p>Video shows the shooting of the second Palestinian
fatally wounded during the raid:</p>
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<p dir="rtl" lang="ar">لحظة إصابة الشرطي"طارق
بدوان" فجر اليوم برصاص الاحتلال، داخل مقر الشرطة
الخاصة في <a
href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#جنين</a>.<a
href="https://twitter.com/qudsn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@qudsn</a> <a
href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#فلسطين</a>
<a
href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B6%D9%81%D8%A9?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#الضفة</a>
<a href="https://t.co/JCYrrdVBd0">pic.twitter.com/JCYrrdVBd0</a></p>
— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@QudsNN) <a
href="https://twitter.com/QudsNN/status/1225349400194666496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February
6, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<p>The footage shows Tariq Ahmad Luay Badwan, 24,
standing in a doorway to a police station, posing no
conceivable threat, when he collapses. Shot in the
stomach with live fire, he died in hospital later in
the day.</p>
<h2>Teenager killed in Hebron</h2>
<p>The fourth Palestinian killed in the West Bank this
week, 16-year-old Muhammad Suleiman al-Haddad, was <a
href="https://twitter.com/DCIPalestine/status/1225116846967414787">shot
multiple times in the chest</a> during a protest in
the city of Hebron on Wednesday.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">We have confirmed Israeli
forces shot and killed 16-year-old Mohammad
Suleiman Al-Haddad earlier today in the occupied
West Bank city of Hebron. He sustained multiple
gunshot wounds, including to his chest. <a
href="https://t.co/K5DhhyUxKY">pic.twitter.com/K5DhhyUxKY</a></p>
— Defense for Children (@DCIPalestine) <a
href="https://twitter.com/DCIPalestine/status/1225116846967414787?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February
5, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<p>Israel <a
href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinian-teen-shot-dead-as-he-threw-firebomb-at-troops-army/">claimed</a>
that al-Haddad had thrown a molotov cocktail at
soldiers.</p>
<p>The Palestinian Center for Human Rights reported that
al-Haddad was shot by an Israeli army sniper stationed
on a roof near a checkpoint at Hebron’s Shuhada
Street.</p>
<p>“The shooting was reported during a protest organized
by dozens of young men, who threw stones at [Israeli
occupation forces] and burned tires,” the human rights
group stated.</p>
<p>The teenager was the first Palestinian killed since
the release of US President Donald Trump’s Middle East
plan last Tuesday.</p>
<p>Israeli forces have suppressed more than 60 protests
against the Trump plan in the West Bank, according to
the Palestinian Center for Human Rights.</p>
<p>“As a result, dozens of civilians were shot and
injured with live and rubber bullets in addition to
many others [injured] due to tear gas inhalation,” the
group stated.</p>
<h2>Airstrikes and collective punishment in Gaza</h2>
<p>Meanwhile, Israel <a
href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/israel-attacks-gaza-continued-tensions-trump-plan-200206061733708.html">targeted</a>
what it called Hamas positions in Gaza early Thursday
after Palestinians in the territory reportedly
launched mortar shells and balloons carrying flammable
materials toward Israel.</p>
<p>No injuries were reported following Israel’s
airstrikes or as a result of the mortar fire and
balloons from Gaza.</p>
<p>Israel further reduced the permitted fishing zone off
of Gaza’s coast on Wednesday “in light of continued
rocket fire and incendiary balloons,” COGAT, the
bureaucratic arm of Israel’s military occupation, <a
href="https://twitter.com/cogatonline/status/1225060248093937666">stated</a>.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">The Gaza Strip fishing zone
was reduced today from 15 to 10 nautical miles,
beginning at 4:00PM until further notice. The
decision was made in light of continued rocket
fire & incendiary balloons launched from
Gaza into Israel, constituting a violation of
Israeli sovereignty. 1/2 <a
href="https://t.co/3R5m7RDPmh">pic.twitter.com/3R5m7RDPmh</a></p>
— COGAT (@cogatonline) <a
href="https://twitter.com/cogatonline/status/1225060248093937666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February
5, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<p>Israel announced changes in access to Gaza’s coastal
waters <a
href="https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/maureen-clare-murphy/israel-shot-gaza-fishers-347-times-2019">20
times last year</a>. Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s
prime minister, has treated the Gaza fishing industry
as <a
href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-netanyahu-is-using-gaza-s-fishing-zone-as-a-tool-for-collective-punishment-1.7314970">“a
lever for pressure”</a> – a phrase used by the Tel
Aviv daily <em>Haaretz</em> – on the two million
Palestinians living in the territory, which has been
under a severely tightened blockade since 2007.</p>
<p>Frequently changing restrictions on fishers “cause
deliberate harm to one of Gaza’s most vulnerable and
important sectors in response to actions that no one
is claiming are in any way connected to fishermen in
the strip,” the human rights group Gisha <a
href="https://gisha.org/updates/10948">stated</a>
Thursday.</p>
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