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December 16, 2024

Jenin Residents Demonstrate Against Deadly Palestinian Authority Raids
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In the occupied West Bank, Palestinian Authority police forces have
continued raids in the Jenin refugee camp, killing a senior leader of
the resistance group Jenin Brigades Saturday. The killing of Yazeed
Jayasa'a came amid an escalating crackdown by Palestinian Authority
forces across the West Bank targeting groups resisting Israel's
occupation. Gunshots and explosions were heard across Jenin. Many
residents have taken to the streets in protest of the raids. UNRWA, the
U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, has suspended its
services in Jenin due to the violence.

Israeli soldiers have also continued near-daily attacks in the West
Bank, including in Hebron, where Israeli forces shot and killed a
disabled 23-year-old man during a raid Friday. Muhammad Ahmad Masalma,
who had learning difficulties, was shot as Israeli soldiers arrested his
cousin inside a paint shop.


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