Israeli forces prefer to kill over arresting in West Bank: Haaretz
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The Israeli occupation forces had fired live ammunition at three brothers near Beit Marsam, killing Najm al-Din (25), while Salah al-Din sustained critical injuries to the abdomen and chest, eventually leading to his martyrdom.
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A member of the IOF secured the entrance to the West Bank city of al-Khalil on August 22, 2023 (AP)
According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, there is no way to describe Israeli occupation forces' (IOF) actions other than "human hunting."
The publication reports that events last Thursday in the West Bank can only be described as such when the IOF fatally shot two Palestinian brothers.
Three West Bank brothers, who, like other Palestinians, are no longer permitted to work in the 1948 occupied territories, climbed over the separation barrier to support their families by picking plants. On their way back, IOF began firing at them.
Israeli soldiers shot two brothers to death, a third is wounded and a fourth is arrested https://t.co/kGzMKbBmjU.
— Gideon Levy (@gideonle) March 9, 2024
The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed last week the martyrdom of Salah al-Din Suleiman al-Shawamreh (28), after succumbing to critical wounds sustained from Israeli occupation forces' gunfire in the southwest of al-Khalil, just a few hours after his brother Najm al-Din was martyred.
The Israeli occupation forces had fired live ammunition at three brothers near Beit Marsam, killing Najm al-Din (25), while Salah al-Din sustained critical injuries to the abdomen and chest, eventually leading to his martyrdom. Their brother, Nour al-Din (30), was also injured by the Israeli occupation forces' gunfire.
With the martyrdom of the al-Shawamreh brothers, the number of Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank at the hands of Israeli occupation forces and settlers since October 7, 2023, has risen to 416, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
الشـ هيد ان الشقيقان:
— Mohammad Rantisi (@rantisimohammad) February 29, 2024
* صلاح الدين سليمان الشوامرة (28) عاماً.
* نجم الدين سليمان الشوامرة (25) عاماً.
من بلدة دورا - الخليل، واسـ تشهدا برصـ ـاص الاحـ تلال قرب بلدة بيت عوا، بينما أصيب شقيقهما نور الدين (30) عاماً.
الرحمة للشـ هد اء في عليين والشفاء العاجل للجـ ـرحى.. pic.twitter.com/UcnbY9T18Y
According to the Israeli publication, the IOF could have called them out and arrested them or could have fired warning shots. They even could have ordered them to return home, but the IOF prefers to kill.
This comes as Israeli occupation forces continue their daily raids into the towns and villages of the occupied West Bank, harassing and assaulting citizens, storming their homes, and subjecting them to field interrogations, as well as detaining Palestinian youths.
