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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Here are the names and faces of 35 Palestinians killed in January</h1>
<div class="gmail-credits gmail-reader-credits">By Rayhan Uddin - February 1, 2023<br></div>
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<div class="gmail-moz-reader-content gmail-reader-show-element"><div id="gmail-readability-page-1" class="gmail-page"><div><p>A total of 35 <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinians</a> were killed by <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israelis</a> in January, making it the deadliest month for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem since 2015.</p><img src="cid:ii_ldmccu0e52" alt="image.png" width="412" height="232"><br><p></p>
<p>Six of the fatalities were under the age of 18, with the youngest
being 14-year-old Omar Lotfi Khumour. The victims also included
60-year-old Majda Abdel Fattah Obaid, who was reportedly shot dead while
reading the Quran inside her home. </p>
<p>The vast majority were shot dead by Israeli troops, while three were killed by settlers. </p>
<p>More than half of those killed were in the northern West Bank city of
Jenin, which, along with Nablus, has been the focus of near-nightly
search-and-arrest operations by Israeli forces since last year. </p>
<p>Israeli violence in the West Bank has been getting more deadly and frequent, prompting a rise in armed Palestinian resistance. </p>
<p>According to <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestine-west-bank-deadliest-year-second-intifada" target="_blank">data</a> compiled by Middle East Eye, Israeli forces killed more Palestinians in the <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/occupation" target="_blank">occupied</a> West Bank in 2022 than in any single calendar year since the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsjCdBIsNHQ" target="_blank">Second Intifada</a>. </p>
<p>The January death toll includes unarmed civilians and armed fighters.</p>
<p>These are the names and faces of all those killed in January:</p>
<h3>Mohammed Samar Hoshiyeh, 22</h3>
<h3>Fouad Mohammed Abed, 17</h3>
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<p><img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/mohammed-samar-khoshiyeh-fouad-mohammed-abed.jpg" alt="Fouad Mohammed Abed and Mohammed Samar Khoshiyeh" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="412" height="232"></p>
Fouad Mohammed Abed (left) and Mohammed Samar Hoshiyeh (right) were the first Palestinians killed in January (Social media)</div>
<p><span></span>Mohammed Samar Hoshiyeh, 22, and Fouad Mohammed Abed, 17, were the first Palestinian deaths in 2023. </p>
<p>The two were <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-kill-two-west-bank-home-demolition" target="_blank">shot dead</a> on 2 January after Israeli troops raided the village of Kafr Dan, west of Jenin, to carry out a home demolition.</p>
<p>Palestinian factions mourned their deaths and referred to them as
fighters, though it was not clear if they were armed when they were
killed. </p>
<h3>Adam Essam Ayyad, 15</h3>
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<p><img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/adam-essam-ayyad.jpg" alt="Adam Essam Ayyad" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="412" height="232"></p>
Adam Essam Ayyad, 15, was shot in the chest (Twitter)</div>
<p><span></span>Adam Essam Ayyad, 15, was <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-third-killing-year-west-bank" target="_blank">shot</a> by Israeli forces in the chest with a live bullet on 3 January. </p>
<p>An early morning Israeli raid on Dheisheh refugee camp, south of
Bethlehem, was met by groups of local youths, reportedly including
Ayyad, who confronted soldiers with rocks. </p>
<p>Middle East Eye was told by a resident that Ayyad was from a low-income family and worked at a camp bakery. </p>
<p>He was deeply impacted by the <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-kill-one-palestinian-west-bank-raid" target="_blank">killing</a> one month earlier of his friend and fellow baker Omar Manah, which prompted Ayyad to confront the raiding soldiers.</p>
<h3>Amer Abu Zeitoun, 16</h3>
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<p><img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/amer-abu-zeitoun-palestinian-killed.jpg" alt="Amer Abu Zeitoun" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="412" height="232"></p>
Amer Abu Zeitoun was shot dead at the Balata refugee camp in Nablus (Social media)</div>
<p><span></span>Israeli troops <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/west-bank-16-year-old-palestinian-shot-dead-israeli-forces-nablus" target="_blank">killed</a> another Palestinian minor on 5 January, shooting Amer Abu Zeitoun, 16, in the head. </p>
<p>The killing took place as soldiers were confronted by residents during a raid on the Balata refugee camp in Nablus.</p>
<h3>Ahmad Abu Junaid, 21</h3>
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<p><img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/israel-palesitne-ahmad-abu-junaid.jpg" alt="Ahmad Abu Junaid" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="412" height="232"></p>
Ahmad Abu Junaid, 21, was shot during a raid on Balata refugee camp on 11 January 2023 (Social media)</div>
<p><span></span>Ahmad Abu Junaid, 21, was also <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/west-bank-palestine-israel-shot-succumbs-wounds" target="_blank">killed</a> at the Balata camp in Nablus, after being shot in the head during an Israeli army raid on 11 January. </p>
<p>The Nablus-based Lions' Den armed group said that Junaid belonged to the “Batala Brigade”. </p>
<h3>Sanad Mohammad Samasra, 19</h3>
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<p><img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/sanad-mohammad-samasra.jpg" alt="Sanad Mohammad Samasra" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="412" height="232"></p>
Sanad Mohammad Samasra, 19, was shot dead near Hebron (Social media)</div>
<p><span></span>On 12 January, Sanad Mohammad Samasra, 19, was <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/west-bank-palestine-israel-shot-succumbs-wounds" target="_blank">shot dead</a> by an Israeli settler after allegedly attempting to stab him. </p>
<p>The settler was moderately wounded near an illegal settlement outpost in Hebron, according to Israeli medics. </p>
<h3>Samir Awni Harbi Aslan, 41</h3>
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<p><img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/samir%20awni%20harbi%20aslan.jpg" alt="Samir Awni Harbi Aslan" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="412" height="232"></p>
Samir Awni Harbi Aslan, 41, was shot at Qalandia refugee camp (Twitter/Social media)</div>
<p>The Israeli army <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestinian-father-killed-israeli-forces-trying-prevents-sons-arrest" target="_blank">killed</a>
a third Palestinian in less than 24 hours when Samir Awni Harbi Aslan,
41, was shot in the chest at Qalandia refugee camp on the outskirts of
occupied East Jerusalem. </p>
<p>Aslan was unarmed and attempting to protect his son from being arrested by Israeli troops, eyewitnesses told Palestinian media. </p>
<h3>Habeeb Kameel, 25</h3>
<h3>Abdel Hadi Nazal, 18</h3>
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<p><img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/qabatiyah.jpg" alt="Abdel Hadi Nazal and Habib Kamil" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="412" height="226"></p>
Abdel Hadi Nazal (L) and Habeeb Kameel (R) were killed by Israeli forces during a raid on Qabatiya village (Social media)</div>
<p><span></span>Two Palestinians were <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-army-kills-two-palestinians-during-west-bank-raids" target="_blank">killed</a> during an Israeli army raid on the village of Qabatiya, south of Jenin, on 12 January. </p>
<p>Habeeb Kameel, 25, was shot in the head, while Abdel Hadi Nazal, 18, was shot in the neck and chest. </p>
<h3>Izz Eddin Basem Hamamreh, 24</h3>
<h3>Amjad Adnan Khalilieh, 23</h3>
<h3>Yazan Samer al-Jaabari, 19</h3>
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<p><img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/Hamamreh%20al-Jaabari%20Khalilieh%20.jpg" alt="Yazan Samer al-Jaabari, Izz Eddin Basem Hamamreh, and Amjad Adnan Khalilieh" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="412" height="232"></p>
Yazan Samer al-Jaabari (left), Izz Eddin Basem Hamamreh
(centre) and Amjad Adnan Khalilieh (right) were killed on 14
January (Palinfo/Twitter)</div>
<p><span></span>Two Palestinians, Izz Eddin Basem Hamamreh, 24, and Amjad Adnan Khalilieh, 23, were shot <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/three-palestinians-killed-israeli-forces-west-bank-raids" target="_blank">in their vehicle</a> near the village of Jabba, south of Jenin on 14 January.</p>
<p>The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) said the two were members of al-Quds Brigades, its armed wing. </p>
<p>Yazan Samer al-Jaabari, 19, also died in Jenin on the same day, from
gunshot wounds sustained during a home demolition on 2 January that
killed two others. </p>
<h3>Ahmed Abdel-Jalil Kahla, 45</h3>
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<p><img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/ahmed-abdel-jalil-kahla.jpg" alt="Ahmed Abdel-Jalil Kahla" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="412" height="232"></p>
Ahmed Abdel-Jalil Kahla was shot dead near a checkpoint in Silwad (Social media)</div>
<p><span></span>Ahmed Abdel-Jalil Kahla, 45, was <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-forces-kill-palestinian-week" target="_blank">shot dead</a> by Israeli soldiers manning a temporary checkpoint at the entrance to Silwad, a town in Ramallah, on 15 January. </p>
<p>He was shot in the neck after being forced to leave his car following a verbal altercation.</p>
<p>Eyewitnesses said Kahla was driving with his 18-year-old son Qusai to their construction jobs before they were stopped. </p>
<p>The Israeli army initially claimed Kahla waved a knife at the troops,
before changing its statement to say a “suspicious vehicle refused to
stop for a routine inspection” and that the passenger was shot after
attempting to seize a soldier’s weapon. Eyewitnesses denied these
claims. </p>
<h3>Omar Lotfi Khumour, 14</h3>
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<p><img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/Fmlw766WQAEy6pZ.jpg" alt="Omar Lotfi Khumour" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="412" height="232"></p>
Omar Lotfi Khumour, a 14-year-old Palestinian boy, was killed by Israeli forces (Social media)</div>
<p>Omar Lotfi Khumour, 14, was <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestine-israel-teen-shot-dead" target="_blank">killed</a> by Israeli forces near Bethlehem on 16 January. </p>
<p>He was shot in the head during a raid on homes in the Dheisheh refugee camp and succumbed to his wounds in hospital. </p>
<h3>Hamdi Shaker Abu Dayyeh, 40</h3>
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<p><img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/hamdi-shaker-abu-dayyeh.jpg" alt="Hamdi Shaker Abu Dayyeh" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="412" height="232"></p>
Hamdi Shaker Abu Dayyeh, 40, was killed after allegedly shooting at Israeli soldiers near Hebron (Social media)</div>
<p><span></span>On 17 January, Hamdi Shaker Abu Dayyeh, 40, was <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-forces-kill-man-hebron" target="_blank">shot dead</a> after allegedly opening fire on Israeli troops in the north of Hebron. </p>
<p>Abu Dayyeh shot at soldiers using an improvised submachine gun near
an entrance to the town of Halhul, according to the Israeli army radio
station. </p>
<p>He was later shot and killed, and Israeli troops reportedly prevented medics from reaching him. </p>
<p>Palestinian media reported at the time that Abu Dayyeh was a member
of the Palestinian Authority security forces. There were no reports of
Israeli casualties.</p>
<h3>Jawad Farid Bawaqta, 57</h3>
<h3>Adham Mohammad Jabarin, 28</h3>
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<p><img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/jawad-farid-bawaqta-adham-mohammad-jabarin.jpg" alt="Jawad Farid Bawaqta and Adham Mohammad Jabarin" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="412" height="232"></p>
Jawad Farid Bawaqta (right) was shot dead while giving first aid to Adham Mohammad Jabarin (left) on 19 January (Social media)</div>
<p><span></span>Two Palestinians were <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-teacher-killed-jenin-raid" target="_blank">killed</a> on 19 January during an overnight raid on Jenin.</p>
<p>Adham Mohammad Jabarin, 28, a senior member of the Jenin Brigades
armed group, was shot in the torso during a heavy exchange of gunfire. </p>
<p>Jawad Farid Bawaqta, 57, a high school teacher and father of six
children, was shot in the torso by a sniper outside his home while
providing first aid to Jabarin. Both men were from Jenin refugee camp. </p>
<h3>Tariq Odah Yoused Maali, 42</h3>
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<p><img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/tariq-odah-yoused-maali.jpg" alt="Tariq Odah Yoused Maali" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="412" height="232"></p>
Tariq Odah Yoused Maali, 42, was killed by an Israeli settler near Ramallah (Social media)</div>
<p><span></span>Tariq Odah Yoused Maali, 42, was <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-man-killed-settler-farm-ramallah" target="_blank">shot dead</a> by an Israeli settler on 21 January. </p>
<p>Israel’s army alleged that Maali attempted to stab an Israeli settler
at Sde Efraim farm, an illegal settler outpost on a farm near
Ramallah. </p>
<p>CCTV footage showed a man entering the farm and being shot dead soon afterwards. No Israelis were harmed. </p>
<h3>Aref Abdel Nasser Lahloul, 20 </h3>
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<p><img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/aref-abdel-nasser-lahloul.jpg" alt="Aref Abdel Nasser Lahlouh" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="412" height="232"></p>
Aref Abdel Nasser Lahlouh, 20, was killed by Israeli forces in Qalqilya (Social media/Twitter)</div>
<p><span></span>Aref Abdel Nasser Lahlouh, 20, was <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-forces-kill-two-palestinian-men-occupied-west-bank" target="_blank">killed</a> in front of his mother and brother on 25 January in the occupied West Bank city of Qalqilya. </p>
<p>According to the Israeli military, Lahloul was shot after attempting a
knife attack against a soldier. No Israelis were reported to be
injured. </p>
<h3>Mohammed Ali, 17 </h3>
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<p><img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/mohammed-ali%20%282%29.jpg" alt="mohammed ali" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="412" height="232"></p>
Mohammed Ali, 17, was killed during an Israeli raid on Shuafat refugee camp in occupied East Jerusalem (Twitter)</div>
<p><span></span>Later on 25 January, Mohammed Ali, 17, was also <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-forces-kill-two-palestinian-men-occupied-west-bank" target="_blank">killed</a> by Israeli forces. </p>
<p>He was shot in the chest in occupied East Jerusalem after an Israeli raid on the Shuafat refugee camp. </p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/WAFANewsEnglish/status/1618242569607188481" target="_blank">Online footage</a> showed young Palestinians throwing stones at Israeli vehicles and soldiers responding with live fire.</p>
<h3>Mohamed Sami Ghonaim, 28</h3>
<h3>Saib Issam Mahmoud Izriqi, 25</h3>
<h3>Magda Abdel Fattah Obaid, 60</h3>
<h3>Mohammad Mahmoud Sobh, 34</h3>
<h3>Nour el-Din Sami Ghonaim, 22</h3>
<h3>Waseem Amjad al-Jaas, 22</h3>
<h3>Motasem Mahmoud Abu al-Hasan, 40</h3>
<h3>Abdallah Marwan al-Ghoul, 18</h3>
<h3>Izz Eddin Yassin Salahat, 22</h3>
<h3>Omar Tariq Ali Al-Saadi, 24</h3>
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<p><img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/jenin-raid-killed.jpg" alt="jenin raid palestinians killed" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="412" height="411"></p>
>From top left to bottom right: Obaid, Mohamed Sami
Ghonaim, Jaas, Ghoul, Hasan, Sobh, Salahat, Nour el-Din Sami Ghonaim and
Izriqi (Twitter)</div>
<p>Ten Palestinians were <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-raid-jenin-killed-wound-several-others" target="_blank">killed</a> in Jenin refugee camp on 26 January, in one of the deadliest Israeli raids on the occupied West Bank in recent years. </p>
<p>Magda Abdel Fattah Obaid, 60, was inside her home when she was shot
in the head and neck during the raid. She was an unarmed civilian. </p>
<p>Mohamed Sami Ghonaim, 28, Saib Issam Mahmoud Izriqi, 25, Mohammad
Mahmoud Sobh, 34, Nour el-Din Sami Ghonaim, 22, Waseem Amjad al-Jaas,
22, Motasem Mahmoud Abu al-Hasan, 40, Abdallah Marwan al-Ghoul, 18, and
Izz Eddin Yassin Salahat, 18, were all killed during the raid. </p>
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<p><img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/omar-saadi-jenin-palestine-social_0.jpeg" alt="Omar Tariq Ali Al-Saadi" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="412" height="262"></p>
Omar Tariq Ali Al-Saadi was shot in Jenin refugee camp on 26 January, and died three days later (Social media)</div>
<p>Omar Tariq Ali Al-Saadi, 24, who was also shot during the raid, succumbed to his wounds three days later. </p>
<p>Heavily armed soldiers entered the camp, reportedly disguised in a
commercial truck, targeting a building used as a meeting place for
residents. </p>
<p>Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas described the killings as
“massacres against our people in full view of the world”. A general
strike and three days of mourning were called by the PA after the raid. </p>
<h3>
Youssef Yahya Muhaisen, 22</h3>
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<p><img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/youssef-muhaisen.jpg" alt="Youssef Yahya Abdul Karim Muhaisen" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="412" height="232"></p>
Youssef Yahya Abdul Karim Muhaisen was killed during demonstrations against the Jenin raid on 26 January (Social media)</div>
<p><span></span>Following
the Jenin raid, Israeli forces in the town of al-Ram, north of
Jerusalem, fired at Palestinians who had come out to protest against the
killings. </p>
<p>Youssef Yahya Abdul Karim Muhaisen, 22, who was unarmed, was fatally shot in the abdomen during the demonstrations. </p>
<h3>Wadi Abu Ramouz, 16</h3>
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<p><img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/wadi-abu-ramouz.jpeg" alt="wadi abu ramouz" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="412" height="239"></p>
Wadi Abu Ramouz, 16, was shot during an Israeli raid on Silwan, occupied East Jerusalem, and died two days later (Twitter)</div>
<p><span></span>Wadi
Abu Ramouz, 16, died on 27 January after being shot two days earlier
during an Israeli raid on the town of Silwan in occupied East
Jerusalem. </p>
<p>The unarmed Palestinian youth was shot in the abdomen, and succumbed to his wounds in hospital. </p>
<h3>Khairy Alqam, 21</h3>
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<p><img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/khairy-alqam.jpg" alt="Khairy Alqam" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="412" height="232"></p>
Khairy Alqam was shot dead after killing seven Israelis on 27 January (Twitter)</div>
<p><span></span>Khairy Alqam, 21, <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestinian-shooter-named-after-grandfather-killed-settler" target="_blank">shot and killed</a> seven people outside a building used as a synagogue in the settlement of Neve Yaakov in East Jerusalem. </p>
<p>He fled the scene but was caught by Israeli police, who killed him after an exchange of fire. </p>
<p>Alqam’s grandfather, who he is named after, was murdered by an Israeli settler in 1998. </p>
<p>Haim Ferelman, who killed 51-year-old Khairy Alqam and three other
Palestinian men, was later acquitted of the crime and released on house
arrest by an Israeli magistrates court in 2010. </p>
<h3>Karam Ali Salman, 18</h3>
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<p><img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/palestine-boy-killed-west-bank-jan-2023-karam-salman.jpg" alt="Karam Ali Salman" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="412" height="232"></p>
Karam Ali Salman, 18, lived in Qusin village near Nablus (Wafa)</div>
<p><span></span>An armed Israeli settler <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestine-west-bank-man-killed-israeli-settler-surge-attacks" target="_blank">killed</a> Karam Ali Salman, 18, in the West Bank province of Qalqilya on 29 January. </p>
<p>He was fatally shot by the settler in “unclear circumstances”, according to Palestinian security sources. </p>
<p>Israel’s army claimed that a “civilian security team” shot a person
“armed with a handgun” near the Kedumim settlement, north of the West
Bank. </p>
<h3>Nassim Abou Fouda, 26</h3>
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<p><img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/nassim-abou-fouda.jpg" alt="nassim abou fouda" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="412" height="287"></p>
Nassim Abou Fouda was shot dead by Israeli forces in his vehicle in Hebron (Social media)</div>
<p><span></span>Nassim Abou Fouda, 26, was shot dead by Israeli forces in Hebron on 30 January.</p>
<p>Fouda had been driving a vehicle in central Hebron, near the Ibrahim
Mosque, when Israeli troops at a military checkpoint opened fire on
him. </p>
<p>The Israeli army claimed that he had rammed into the leg of a soldier
and then attempted to flee the scene, which is when "hits were
identified". </p>
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