Palestinian Lawyer Amana Yaqoub Killed by Israeli Forces Near Salfit On April 8, 2025, near the Haris Junction, west of Salfit, northern West Bank the 30-year-old Palestinian lawyer Amana Ibrahim Muhammad Yaqoub was shot and killed by Israeli forces.

Eyewitnesses confirmed that the occupation forces prevented medical teams from reaching her and left her body to bleed until she died.

According to local sources, the Israeli soldiers opened fire on Amana near the traffic lights at the entrance of Haris village, alleging she had been throwing stones at settler vehicles. These claims remain unverified, and no immediate threat has been independently confirmed.

The Ministry of Health later confirmed her death, after the General Authority of Civil Affairs relayed the information. Witnesses reported that she was left to bleed to death at the scene.

Amana Yaqoub was a mother of three daughters, an only child, and the daughter of a freed prisoner.

Her death has sparked outrage among Palestinian communities and human rights advocates who denounce what they describe as a pattern of extrajudicial killings carried out with impunity.

The same day, Israeli settlers stormed the town of Bidya near Salfit, West Bank, setting fire to a wedding hall and defacing the area with racist slogans