Mohammad Hisham Abu Na’sa

Ahmad Nathmi Alawna was killed on September 28, 2022, during a large-scale Israeli military invasion of Jenin city and the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank. The Israeli army launched a coordinated assault involving drone strikes, armored vehicles, bulldozers, and ground troops. This operation targeted Palestinian homes and buildings, many of which were bombed from the air and stormed on the ground. During the invasion, Israeli soldiers employed tactics including ambushes and the use of sharpshooters positioned on rooftops and behind cover to fire live ammunition at Palestinians. Ahmad was fatally shot by a live round to the head, a wound that caused his immediate death or resulted in death shortly after due to the critical nature of the injury. The Israeli military’s use of live fire was widespread and indiscriminate, directed not only at armed resistance but also at unarmed Palestinians, protesters, medical personnel, and journalists. Reports indicated that soldiers deliberately targeted Palestinians in the streets, including groups that had gathered after the army pretended to withdraw, and shot at ambulances and medical teams trying to evacuate the wounded. Ahmad’s killing occurred in the context of these heavy military operations, which also included drone missile strikes on homes linked to his family, notably targeting the house of his late brother Ra’ad Fathi Khazem. The nature of his death — a direct live gunshot wound to the head inflicted by occupying forces during a military raid on densely populated civilian areas — reflects the severity and intensity of the violence Palestinians in Jenin endured during this incursion.