West Bank, Jenin, Qabatiya
18 September, 2024
Qabatiya (Arabic: قباطية, also spelled Qabatia, Qabatya, and Kabatiya) is a Palestinian city in Jenin Governorate, West Bank, Palestine. Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Qabatiya has been **under illegal Israeli occupation**. After Oslo II in 1995, Qabatiya came **under Palestinian Authority** (PA) administration, in what is now known as Areas A and B.
## September 19 events :
**Raid and Deaths:** Israeli occupation forces raided the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin, killing at least three Palestinians. The forces besieged a house, bombarding it with missiles, and later demolished it with bulldozers. The bodies of the three Palestinians were taken to the roof of the house before its demolition.
**Military Clashes:** Armed clashes erupted between Israeli forces and resistance fighters as military reinforcements and bulldozers were brought into the town.
**Obstruction of Aid:** Israeli forces blocked Red Crescent teams from reaching the besieged house, and detonated a bomb nearby. One injured man was evacuated by ambulance.
**Journalists Targeted:** Tear gas was fired at journalists covering the raid.
**Schools Besieged:** Israeli forces surrounded two schools (near another besieged building) trapping nearly 1,000 students inside, while eight other schools were evacuated. Many students suffered from tear gas inhalation.
**Child injured in a bank** The Red Crescent has rescued a child who was hit and injured by an Israeli live bullet in the waist area
**Extrajudicail execution** : The Palestinian resistance fighter Mustafa Zakarneh was killed in an Israeli drone strike on his vehicle in Qabatiya.
**Bodies desecration** : Israeli soldiers were seen throwing the bodies of three Palestinians killed in a gunfight from the roof of a high-rise building. A digger later mutilated the bodies and took them in a dumpster through the city as a form of humiliation.
**Infrastructure Damage:** Israeli bulldozers destroyed roads and a police station during the raid.
**Quoting medical sources:** following Red Crescent, the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces gunfire and shelling in Qabatiya has risen to 6 :
1- Ahmed Maher Zakarneh
2- Fadi Jawdat Hanaysheh
3- Muhammad Khaled Abu al-Rab
4- Omar Abu al-Rab
5- Mustafa Zakarneh
6- Muhammad Kamil Abu Khamira OR Mohammed Omar Abu Khamira
[https://x.com/observrwestbank/status/1836835665327312989](url)
On the other hand according to Red Crescent 8 Palestinians were injured by bullets, 2 of them in critical condition so far.
**Sources** :
[https://www.palestinechronicle.com/west-bank-escalations-three-killed-in-jenin-students-trapped-in-besieged-schools/](url)
[https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/149397](url)