Mohammad Ayman Sa’adi

Their life

Mohammad Ayman Sa’adi, a 26-year-old Palestinian from Jenin Refugee Camp, was shot dead by Israeli forces on December 1, 2022, during a violent military raid. His death foreshadowed the killing of Na’im Jamal Zubeidi, 27, who was executed under nearly identical circumstances on June 10, 2024, while attempting to save Mohammad Sa’adi (no relation) during another Israeli incursion. Both men became symbols of Israel’s systematic violence in Jenin, where soldiers routinely use live fire against unarmed civilians.

Mohammad Ayman Sa’adi grew up in Jenin Refugee Camp, a hotbed of resistance to Israel’s occupation, where military raids and arrests shaped daily life. Little is publicly documented about his personal circumstances, but his death at 26—gunned down during a chaotic nighttime invasion—reflects the brutal reality faced by Jenin’s youth. Just eighteen months later, history repeated itself when Na’im Jamal Zubeidi, another young camp resident, was killed in almost the same way. A former political prisoner and father to toddler Elia with a second child on the way, Na’im worked grueling shifts at the Jenin Industrial Zone to support his family. His father Jamal’s heartrending account reveals Na’im was shot seven times at close range as he tried to drag the wounded Mohammad Sa’adi (26, killed that same night) to safety—an act of courage punished with execution. Both killings followed Israel’s playbook for West Bank raids: undercover forces infiltrated the camp, snipers took rooftop positions, and soldiers unleashed i

How they died

He was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers

Mohammad Ayman Sa’adi, a 26-year-old Palestinian from Jenin Refugee Camp, was killed by Israeli occupation forces during a violent military raid on December 1, 2022. Eyewitness accounts, medical reports, and human rights documentation confirm he died from multiple gunshot wounds inflicted by Israeli soldiers at close range.

A plea from the family

Ayman Sa’adi's Father: "They Executed My Son for Trying to Save a Life" Jamal Zubeidi, Na’im’s devastated father, recounted his son’s final moments: "He wasn’t holding a gun—he was holding out his hands to help!" Jamal screamed, clutching his grandson Elia, who will now grow up without a father. "They shot him seven times… in the head, in the heart… What was his crime? Being Palestinian?" His pregnant widow collapsed at the funeral, wailing: "Who will feed our children now? Who will protect them from the next raid?" Mohammad’s Family: "No One Cares About Palestinian Lives" Mohammad Sa’adi’s mother, Umm Ayman, showed photos of her son’s bullet-riddled body: "Look what they did to my boy! Does the world see this? Or are we just numbers to them?" His younger sister, 14-year-old Mariam, begged journalists: "Tell everyone how they kill us here every day. Maybe then someone will stop them." A Community’s Cry: "When Will This End?" Neighbors who witnessed the killings described soldiers laughing as they fired, then blocking ambulances while the men bled out. Local medics, too traumatized to sleep, asked: "How many more children must watch their fathers die in these streets?"

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Mohammad Ayman Sa’adi, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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