On September 8, a group of Palestinians from the Jenin refugee camp attempted to return to their homes, which are currently occupied by Israeli forces. Soldiers opened fire on them.

Israeli troops surrounded a group of citizens in Al-Bishr neighborhood as they tried to reach their homes to check on them and collect personal belongings. Soldiers fired live bullets at the group, killing a child and seriously injuring two young men. A girl was also hurt after falling while being chased by soldiers.

The soldiers arrested several citizens and took them to a military barracks inside the camp. They also set fire to a house while firing heavily in the area.

Israeli forces shot and killed 14-year-old Islam Abdel Aziz Noah Majarmah, while at least two others were critically wounded and several more arrested at gunpoint. In total, four injuries were recorded: one in serious condition and another moderate. The Palestine Red Crescent Society confirmed that a 12-year-old girl suffered a hand injury while being chased, and a 17-year-old boy was shot in the shoulder at the entrance to the camp. Both were taken to hospital. The Red Crescent also treated a 22-year-old man who was shot in the abdomen inside the camp.

Later, Wissam Bakr, director of Jenin Governmental Hospital, confirmed the death of a second child: 14-year-old Mohammad Sari Omar Masqala (Alawneh), who succumbed to his wounds after being shot near the entrance of camp.

Names of the young martyrs:

1. Islam Abdulaziz Nouh Majarmah (14)

2. Muhammad Sari Omar Masqala “Alawneh” (14)

Report of Defense for Children - Palestine

"Islam Abdulaziz Nouh Majarmah and Mohammad Seri Omar Masqala, both 14 years old, were shot and killed by Israeli forces in separate but related incidents in the early evening of September 8 outside of Jenin refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank, according to documentation collected by Defense for Children International - Palestine. Both boys were killed near Jenin Governmental Hospital, close to the entrance of Jenin refugee camp, which has been under Israeli military siege since January 21, 2025, during which Israeli forces have forcibly displaced all residents of the camp.

“Islam and Mohammad were targeted by Israeli forces with lethal force when they posed no threat at all to the soldiers carrying out military operations in their community,” said Ayed Abu Eqtaish, accountability program director at DCIP. “Israeli forces have repeatedly targeted Jenin and Jenin refugee camp, including a siege that has continued since January, with complete impunity.”

Islam went to Jenin refugee camp with his parents and siblings to check on their home, which had been destroyed by Israeli forces since Israeli military operations forcibly displaced all Palestinian residents of Jenin refugee camp during a large-scale operation that began on January 21. On their way back to Qabatiya around 5:45 p.m., where the family has been staying since their displacement, an Israeli military vehicle approached them at a high speed. Soldiers exited the vehicle, then opened fire toward the family from a distance of 40 to 50 meters (131 to 164 feet) away, striking Islam in the back with a bullet that exited through the left side of his chest. Islam’s uncle carried him to Jenin Governmental Hospital, located just a few meters away, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Mohammad, a resident of the city of Jenin, was shot by Israeli forces around 6:30 p.m. on September 8 while standing near the earthen barrier at the main entrance to Jenin refugee camp, according to documentation collected by DCIP. Mohammad sustained two gunshot wounds, one to his left hand and a second that entered his right side and exited under his right armpit. The shots were fired from a distance of about 50 to 70 meters (164 to 230 feet) away by soldiers concealed behind the earthen barrier. Mohammad was rushed into surgery at Jenin Governmental Hospital, but he was declared dead at 7 p.m.

Context:

These killings came hours after a Palestinian shooting attack earlier in the day at a bus stop in occupied East Jerusalem, which killed six Israelis and injured 15.

In response, the Israeli army expanded operations across the West Bank, imposing lockdowns, setting up checkpoints, and carrying out house raids and arrests in Ramallah, Jerusalem, Jenin, Qabatiya, Tulkarm, and Bethlehem. In Biddu, soldiers used live fire and sound grenades during raids, though no injuries were reported.

With the killing of these two children, the death toll in Jenin Governorate has risen to 47 martyrs since the start of the Israeli occupation’s aggression against the city and its camp on January 21, an offensive that has also struck surrounding towns and villages. Israeli forces have killed 40 Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank in 2025, including 14 children from Jenin, according to documentation collected by DCIP.