Habes Abdul-Hafith Rayyan

Their life

Habes Abdul-Hafith Rayyan, a 54-year-old Palestinian man from Beit Duqqu, a town northwest of occupied Jerusalem, was killed by Israeli soldiers on November 2, 2022, at a military roadblock west of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank. According to the Israeli army, Rayyan allegedly rammed his car into soldiers at the checkpoint, seriously injuring one soldier, before exiting his vehicle with a sharp object. A soldier on the ground then fired multiple shots, killing him. The wounded Israeli soldier, who suffered limb injuries, was evacuated to Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem in critical condition with multi-system trauma.

Habes Abdul-Hafith Rayyan, a 54-year-old Palestinian man from Beit Duqqu, a town northwest of occupied Jerusalem, was killed by Israeli soldiers on November 2, 2022, at a military roadblock west of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank. According to the Israeli army, Rayyan allegedly rammed his car into soldiers at the checkpoint, seriously injuring one soldier, before exiting his vehicle with a sharp object. A soldier on the ground then fired multiple shots, killing him. The wounded Israeli soldier, who suffered limb injuries, was evacuated to Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem in critical condition with multi-system trauma.

Rayyan was the father of two sons associated with the Islamic Jihad movement: Qussai Rayyan, who was abducted by Israeli forces in September 2022 and remained imprisoned at the time of his father’s death, and Assem Rayyan, a former political prisoner. Despite his sons' affiliations, Habes himself was not known to have any political involvement. His death occurred just days after an

How they died

He was killed by Israeli soldiers

Habes Abdul-Hafith Rayyan, a 54-year-old Palestinian civilian from Beit Duqqu, met his death under contested circumstances at an Israeli military checkpoint near Beit 'Ur al-Tahta on November 2, 2022. While the Israeli military maintains that lethal force was justified, the exact sequence of events remains shrouded in conflicting narratives and unanswered questions.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Habes Abdul-Hafith Rayyan, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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