JENIN: A 40-year-old Palestinian identified as Mohammad Adel Shalabi succumbed to his injuries this afternoon, hours after he had been shot and critically injured by Israeli occupation forces during the raid on the town of Silat al-Harithiya, located northwest of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, according to local sources.
Special Israeli military units infiltrated the town, besieging the home of the late Shalabi. Shortly later, a large number of Israeli military vehicles stormed the town and imposed a blockade on the town’s center, specifically the Al-Jaradat neighborhood, sparking intense confrontations.
Palestinian security sources informed WAFA that Shalabi succumbed to his injuries after being showered with bullets at point blank range by the Israeli forces. He was arrested in critical condition by the forces, and was pronounced dead of his wounds a few hours later. His body is still held by the Israeli army.
According to eyewitnesses’ accounts, undercover Israeli army units executed Shalabi in cold b
lood after he sought refuge inside a closet in his home. The soldiers reportedly showered him with a hail of bullets after destroying the contents of the house.
Shalabi is a former prisoner who had been detained by the Israeli occupation for several years. He is married and has three children. His brother, Wael, has been in custody since last December, and has been placed in administrative detention without charges or trial for a period of six months.
More than 400 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli occupation forces in the occupied West Bank since the outbreak of the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza in early October 2023, according to the Ministry of Health.
Source: Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA