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December 30, 2024

Family Blames Palestinian Security Forces for Killing of West Bank Journalist Shatha al-Sabbagh
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In the occupied West Bank, 22-year-old Palestinian journalist Shatha
al-Sabbagh was fatally shot in the head late Saturday near her home in
Jenin. Her family said she was walking with her mother in a well-lit
neighborhood and carrying young children when she was shot by a sniper
with the Palestinian security forces. There was reportedly no fighting
nearby at the time of her death. The Palestinian Authority denied the
claim and instead blamed Israeli forces for the killing. Sabbagh had
been active in documenting the Palestinian Authority's crackdown on
armed groups fighting the Israeli occupation.


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