Mohammad Raed Hussein Dakheel
Mohammad Raed Hussein Dakheel was killed by multiple gunshot wounds inflicted by undercover Israeli soldiers during a military ambush.
Mohammad Raed Hussein Dakheel died on February 8, 2022, after being shot multiple times by Israeli undercover special forces during a carefully planned ambush in the al-Makhfiyya neighborhood of Nablus. The soldiers opened fire with heavy live ammunition on the civilian vehicle in which Mohammad was traveling, shooting approximately eighty rounds. The attack resulted in his immediate death, along with two other men. The operation was part of a covert Israeli security effort to target Palestinians suspected of involvement in resistance activities. Mohammad’s killing was part of a broader pattern of targeted assassinations carried out by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, which have drawn widespread condemnation.
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Mohammad Raed Hussein Dakheel was a 22-year-old Palestinian from the al-Makhfiyya neighborhood in Nablus, located in the northern occupied West Bank. On February 8, 2022, he was assassinated by undercover Israeli special forces during a covert military operation. Mohammad was killed alongside two other young men when Israeli soldiers opened heavy live fire on their civilian vehicle in Nablus. The Israeli military claimed the men were part of an armed resistance group. His death triggered widespread protests and a large funeral procession in Nablus.
Mohammad Raed Hussein Dakheel, aged 22, was a young Palestinian man living in the al-Makhfiyya neighborhood of Nablus, in the northern West Bank. On February 8, 2022, Mohammad was traveling in a civilian car with three other men when Israeli undercover special forces ambushed the vehicle in a targeted assassination operation. The soldiers, belonging to the elite Yamam unit, fired more than eighty rounds in a rapid and coordinated attack. Mohammad was killed instantly along with Adham Jamal Abdul-Rahim Mabrouka and Ashraf Mohammad Abdul-Fattah Mobaslat, while a fourth man was shot and abducted.
The Israeli military claimed the three slain men were involved in recent attacks on army posts, though human rights groups condemned the killings as extrajudicial executions. The ambush led to massive protests across the West Bank, particularly in Nablus, where hundreds of Palestinians, including armed resistance fighters, attended their funeral. The incident also sparked violent confrontations and attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinian vehicles in Nablus and Hebron governorates.
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Mohammad Raed Hussein Dakheel, 22, was assassinated by undercover Israeli soldiers in the Al-Makhfiyya neighborhood in Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Eyewitnesses stated that an Israeli special forces unit opened heavy live fire at a civilian vehicle in the Al-Makhfiyya neighborhood, killing the three young men, in addition to detaining afourth.1 israelpalestinetimeline.org Open source