Angry crowd takes part in funeral of 3 Palestinians assassinated by Israeli forces in Jenin
Jenin (QNN)- Hundreds of Palestinians took part today in the funeral procession of the three Palestinian youths who were assassinated by Israeli forces during a military operation in the eastern neighbourhood of the Jenin refugee camp earlier on Friday.
Photos | Scenes from the funeral procession of the three Palestinian youths who were assassinated in cold blood last night by the Israeli occupation forces in Jenin in the occupied West Bank. pic.twitter.com/EDr1GIDjgU
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) June 17, 2022
Watch | Palestinians take part in the funeral procession of the three Palestinian youths who were assassinated in cold blood by the Israeli occupation forces in Jenin in the occupied West Bank. pic.twitter.com/nA7Te1pwM4
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) June 17, 2022
Palestinians take part in the funeral procession of the three Palestinian youths who were assassinated in cold blood by the Israeli occupation forces in Jenin in the occupied West Bank. pic.twitter.com/9yQmMAVwX8
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) June 17, 2022
Yousef Salah, 23, Bara Lahlouh, 24, and Laith Abu Srour, 24, all from Jenin, were assassinated in the early morning hours of Friday by Israeli occupation forces.
Local sources reported that about 30 Israeli military vehicles raided Jenin at 2am local time, surrounded a vehicle in al-Marah area in the east of the city, and opened heavy fire at the three youths sitting inside.
Sources also reported that the three youths opened fire at the forces in response to the military raid, and the forces responded by showering the car which the youths were sitting in with tens of shots, killing them in cold blood.
Showered with ten of bullets …
This is how the vehicle of the three Palestinian youths who were assassinated last night by the Israeli occupation forces in Jenin looked like in the aftermath of the crime. pic.twitter.com/GcsSmr9FsV— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) June 17, 2022
Watch | Media coverage: "Israeli occupation forces assassinate three Palestinian youths Yousef Salah, Bara Lahlouh and Laith Abu Srour after opening fire at their vehichle in Jenin in the occupied West Bank, last night." pic.twitter.com/mTNUHnW8EQ
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) June 17, 2022
Media coverage: "Photo from the place where three Palestinian youths were assassinated by the Israeli occupation forces in Jenin in the occupied West Bank." pic.twitter.com/CaUwGJqbU5
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) June 17, 2022
The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed that eight more people were moderately injured during the same raid.
The West Bank city of Jenin has been the centre of Israeli aggressions and military operations since the few past months, as 26 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since the start of this year in Jenin alone, including Al Jazeera’s veteran journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.