Bara’ Kamal Lahlouh
Bara’ Kamal Lahlouh was shot and killed by undercover Israeli forces during a targeted ambush, sustaining fatal gunshot wounds when soldiers opened fire on the car he was in.
Bara’ Kamal Lahlouh was killed by multiple gunshot wounds when undercover Israeli forces opened fire on the vehicle he was in. The incident occurred during a pre-dawn ambush on June 17, 2022, in which Israeli soldiers, dressed in civilian clothing, infiltrated the Eastern Neighborhood of Jenin city. The soldiers fired dozens of live rounds at close range, targeting the car and its immediate surroundings without warning. Bara’ and the two other men inside the car were killed instantly. The excessive and direct use of live ammunition left no opportunity for escape or medical aid at the scene. Medical sources later confirmed that all three young men died from fatal gunshot wounds inflicted during the assault.
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Bara’ Kamal Lahlouh was a 23-year-old Palestinian from the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank. He was killed on June 17, 2022, when undercover Israeli forces ambushed a car he was traveling in along with two other young men, Yousef Nasser Salah and Laith Salah Abu Srour, also from Jenin. The incident took place in the Eastern Neighborhood of Jenin city during a pre-dawn military operation. According to eyewitnesses, the Israeli soldiers opened fire with dozens of live rounds at the vehicle and its surroundings, resulting in the immediate death of the three men and injuring nine others, including one critically. Bara’s killing was part of a wider pattern of targeted raids carried out by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank. His death, along with the others, sparked a mass funeral procession in Jenin, where thousands of Palestinians marched with their bodies, calling for continued resistance and national liberation.
Bara’ Kamal Lahlouh was a 23-year-old Palestinian from the Jenin refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank. He was among three young men assassinated on June 17, 2022, when undercover Israeli forces carried out a surprise ambush in Jenin city. According to local reports and eyewitness accounts, the soldiers infiltrated the Eastern Neighborhood of Jenin in the early hours of the morning and opened heavy fire on a vehicle the three men were traveling in. Bara’ was killed on the spot along with his companions Yousef Nasser Salah and Laith Salah Abu Srour.
The operation left nine others wounded, including one person in critical condition after being shot in the neck. Medical sources at the Jenin Governmental Hospital confirmed the deaths and injuries. The targeted attack was part of Israel’s ongoing military incursions in the West Bank, particularly in and around Jenin, which has seen frequent raids and resistance activity.
Bara’s death sparked widespread grief and anger in Jenin. Thousands of mourners at
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Bara’ Kamal Lahlouh, 23, was one of three Palestinians shot and killed in a barrage of gunfire by undercover Israeli forces, who opened fire on a car the three young men were traveling in. Medical sources at the Jenin governmental hospital have confirmed that the soldiers also killed Yousef Nasser Salah, 23, and Laith Salah Abu Srour, 24, from Jenin city. According to local sources, undercover Israeli soldiers assassinated, on Friday dawn, three young Palestinian men, and injured nine, after the army opened fire at a car in an ambush in Jenin city, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.1 israelpalestinetimeline.org Open source