Saleh Ahmad Mahmoud Ammar

Their life

Saleh Ahmad Mahmoud Ammar was a 19-year-old Palestinian from Jenin, located in the northern West Bank. On August 16, 2021, he was one of four Palestinians killed during an Israeli military raid on the Jenin refugee camp. The deadly operation involved undercover Israeli soldiers who had taken up rooftop positions and fired on Palestinian resistance fighters during a surprise incursion into the camp.

Saleh Ahmad Mahmoud Ammar, aged 19, lived in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank. He was killed on August 16, 2021, during a violent Israeli military raid that resulted in the deaths of four young Palestinian men. The incident began when undercover Israeli soldiers infiltrated the camp in a civilian vehicle and secretly occupied the rooftop of an under-construction building. A larger force of military jeeps then stormed the camp, sparking a firefight with local Palestinian resistance fighters who were unaware of the hidden soldiers. Saleh was fatally shot during this confrontation. His body was among the first to be transported to the Khalil Suleiman governmental hospital in Jenin. The army justified the operation as an attempt to arrest a Hamas member, though no Israeli soldiers were injured. The raid also involved the ransacking of homes and the abduction of at least one Palestinian man. The killings prompted national factions in Jenin to declare a general strike in collective mourning. Saleh's

How they died

Gunshot wounds inflicted by Israeli soldiers during a military incursion.

Saleh was killed by live fire from Israeli soldiers during a coordinated military raid in Jenin refugee camp. Undercover troops had taken rooftop positions and opened fire on Palestinian fighters caught unaware during the ensuing exchange. Saleh, along with three others, was fatally wounded during the gunfight. His body was taken to Khalil Suleiman hospital, where his death was officially confirmed.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Saleh Ahmad Mahmoud Ammar, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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