Mohammad Tawfiq Badarna
He was shot dead by Israeli forces.
He was Shot dead during protests against an Israeli military raid to arrest local resident Abboud Herzallah. Soldiers fired live ammunition at stone-throwing protesters.
Biography
Mohammad Tawfiq Badarna, a 26-year-old Palestinian from Ya'bad town near Jenin, was shot dead by Israeli forces on November 30, 2022, during a violent military raid. His killing occurred amid clashes sparked by Israel’s invasion of the town to arrest a local resident, Abboud Herzallah. As protests erupted, soldiers opened live fire on unarmed demonstrators, striking Mohammad with fatal bullets. His death—one of five Palestinians killed in the West Bank within 48 hours—exposed Israel’s systematic use of excessive force against civilians. Thousands mourned him at a mass funeral, where chants for "liberation" echoed through his hometown, now scarred by another loss.
Mohammad Tawfiq Badarna grew up in Ya'bad, a agricultural town perpetually under threat from Israeli raids and settler violence. Little is publicly documented about his personal life, but his death at 26 reflects the fate of countless Palestinian youths living under military rule. On the day he was killed, Israeli forces stormed Ya'bad to arrest Herzallah, a routine operation that escalated into bloodshed as soldiers faced resistance from both armed fighters and stone-throwing protesters. Mohammad, likely caught in the chaos, was gunned down by live ammunition—a weapon Israel routinely deploys against unarmed crowds.
Eyewitnesses described soldiers firing indiscriminately into the streets, where rubber-coated bullets and tear gas canisters littered the ground alongside spent live rounds. The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed Mohammad’s death from multiple gunshot wounds, though no investigation followed. Like most victims of such raids, he was buried without justice, his name added to the West Bank’s eve
Pleas of Surviving Relatives and Family if any
Mohammad Tawfiq Badarna's Mother (Ya'bad):
"They murdered my son for throwing stones! Since when do stones justify bullets?"