Sa’eb Tayseer Abahra
Sa’eb Tayseer Abahra was shot and killed by undercover Israeli soldiers in a targeted attack at the ‘Arraba junction near Jenin on April 2, 2022.
Sa’eb Tayseer Abahra died after being ambushed in a planned assassination by Israeli undercover forces at the ‘Arraba junction. The soldiers surrounded the Palestinian vehicle and fired extensively, killing Sa’eb and two others. After pulling them out of the car, the soldiers shot them again at close range to ensure they were dead. Medical personnel were prevented from providing aid for over two hours due to the area being declared a closed military zone. The Israeli forces confiscated the bodies and denied their families access for burial. The attack was widely condemned as an extrajudicial killing by Palestinian political groups and human rights organizations.
Biography
Sa’eb Tayseer Abahra, 30, was a Palestinian from al-Yamoun town, west of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank. He was a married father of four children, with his wife pregnant at the time of his death. Sa’eb was killed on April 2, 2022, in a military operation by undercover Israeli soldiers at the ‘Arraba junction, near Jenin, along with two other Palestinians. His death was condemned by Palestinian groups who described the attack as a deliberate assassination.
Sa’eb Tayseer Abahra was a 30-year-old Palestinian from al-Yamoun town, located west of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank. He was a married man and father of four children, with his wife reportedly in late pregnancy at the time of his killing. On April 2, 2022, Sa’eb was ambushed and killed by undercover Israeli soldiers during a covert operation at the ‘Arraba junction, south of Jenin, alongside Khalil Mohammad Tawalba and Saif Hifthy Abu Libda. Palestinian eyewitnesses and the Red Crescent Society reported that Israeli forces opened heavy live fire on their vehicle, prevented medical teams from reaching the scene for over two hours, and executed the men with repeated shots even after pulling them from the car. The Israeli army denied allowing families to retrieve the bodies for burial. The Al-Quds Brigades, part of the Islamic Jihad, confirmed Sa’eb’s membership in their group and condemned the killing as a cowardly assassination.
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Sa’eb Tayseer Abahra, 30, was killed by undercover Israeli soldiers who also killed two other Palestinians in the same attack at the ‘Arraba junction, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin. The Palestinian TV said the undercover soldiers fired a barrage of live ammunition at a Palestinian car, killing the three young men and wounding others. The undercover Israeli soldiers surrounded the Palestinian car before opening fire at it, clearly indicating that the soldiers weren’t there to arrest anybody but to assassinatethem.1 israelpalestinetimeline.org Open source