Israeli Soldiers Kill A Palestinian Near Qalqilia

On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian after an alleged ‘stabbing attack’ near the illegal Kedumim colony, built on stolen Palestinian lands near Kufur Qaddoum town, east of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

The Palestinian Civil Affairs Committee said the young man is Aref Abdul-Nasser Lahlouh, 20, from the Jenin refugee camp, in the northern West Bank city of Jenin.

In a statement, the Israeli army claimed that the young man, reportedly carrying a knife, arrived at the military roadblock near Kedumim colony, and attempted to stab a soldier before other soldiers shot him.

It stated the Palestinian reportedly “chased a soldier who fired at him, causing him to fall on the ground, but managed to get up and run towards him again before he was fatally shot. The army said no soldiers were hurt in the incident.

Furthermore, the soldiers refused to allow Palestinian medics to approach the young man or take his corpse away.

A few hours after killing him, the soldiers abducted his father, Abdul-Nasser, while crossing a military back on his way back home.

His death brings the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli army fire in the first 25 days of this year to nineteen, including four children.