US EditionUN says Israeli forces' killing of two West Bank Palestinians looks like 'summary execution'
The United Nations reported 1,030 Palestinians, including 233 children, have been killed in the West Bank since October 2023 amid rising violence and disputed Israeli security operations.
- On Friday, the United Nations said the killing of two Palestinian men in Jenin on Thursday looked like a "summary execution" as footage showed them surrendering unarmed.
- Amid a surge in West Bank killings, OHCHR warned these deaths rise without accountability as Israeli military and police announced an internal review, but senior officials' comments raised credibility concerns.
- Video from multiple angles showed two men emerging with arms raised and lifting their shirts, then being shot dead; the Palestinian health ministry identified them as Al-Muntasir Billah Mahmoud Qassem Abdullah, 26, and Yousef Ali Yousef Asa'sa, 37, in the Abu Dhahir neighbourhood, Jenin.
- The Palestinian Authority condemned the killings as a war crime and Hamas said they were part of a systematic campaign, while Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israeli National Security Minister, publicly backed the forces involved.
- OHCHR data shows Israeli forces and settlers have killed 1,030 Palestinians, including 233 children, while more than 1,600 settler attacks have affected over 270 Palestinian communities this year.
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UN Decries 'Apparent Summary Execution' of Palestinians in West Bank
The killing of two Palestinian men in the occupied West Bank while seemingly surrendering to Israeli forces was an "apparent summary execution,” the United Nations said Friday. "We are appalled at the brazen killing by Israeli border police yesterday of two Palestinian men in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, in yet another apparent summary execution," UN rights office spokesman Jeremy Laurence told reporters in Geneva, calling for "independent,…
UN says Israeli forces' killing of two West Bank Palestinians looks like 'summary execution'
The United Nations said on Friday that the killing of two Palestinian men in the occupied West Bank by Israeli security forces the previous day appeared to be a "summary execution."
UN calls for independent investigation into 'apparent summary execution' of 2 Palestinians in West Bank
Human rights groups are condemning the killing of two Palestinian men in the occupied West Bank by Israeli security forces, saying video capturing the incident showed the men appearing to surrender while unarmed before being shot dead.
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