Al Jazeera journalist seen shot and injured at West Bank protest

An Al Jazeera journalist is shot and injured while covering a Palestinian protest in the West Bank that was dispersed by IDF soldiers, according to AFP journalists who saw the incident.

The demonstrators were protesting their evacuation by Israel from the Nur Shams refugee camp on the edge of Tulkarem in the northern West Bank.

“Al Jazeera cameraman Fadi Yassin was shot in the leg by Israeli forces in the city of Tulkarem,” Al Jazeera, which is based in Qatar, reports.

The journalist was evacuated by ambulance after being shot while working in the middle of a crowd of about 150, AFP journalists report.

“His condition is stable and we managed to control the bleeding,” Palestinian Red Crescent Society paramedic Abdullah Nairat, who handled the medical evacuation, tells AFP. “A bullet entered his right leg from the outside, passed through, and hit his left thigh.”

Nur Shams residents were demonstrating to return to their homes inside the camp, which was evacuated in early 2025 during an ongoing IDF operation in several refugee camps in the northern West Bank. The military says its months-long operation in the territory’s north is aimed at cracking down on terrorists in the camps.

After gunshots rang out from inside Nur Shams, Yassin fell, AFP journalists report. He was then carried to an ambulance.

IDF soldiers then walked down from inside the camp and began to disperse the crowd, briefly detaining two demonstrators and a cameraman for Jordanian television channel Roya.

When asked for comment by AFP, the IDF says it is looking into the incident.

Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.