PA forces reportedly kill Palestinian journalist in Jenin; security services blame ‘outlaws’

Palestinian Authority security forces killed Palestinian journalist Shatha al-Sabbagh in the Jenin refugee camp, according to a statement published by her family on her Telegram channel.

The independent reporter was killed by a sniper at night outside her home in a “fully lit neighborhood,” her family says, implying it was a deliberate act. The woman’s relatives say there was no fighting nearby at the time she was shot.

The family says it holds the PA directly responsible and claims that the ongoing crackdown by the PA against terror groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Jenin and Tulkarem represents a “dangerous escalation” that indicates that PA security services have turned into “repressive instruments that conduct terrorism against their people instead of protecting their dignity and standing up to the [Israeli] occupation.”

The Palestinian security forces say in a statement that the “heinous crime was committed by outlaws inside the Jenin camp.” They vow to investigate the killing.

Palestinian journalist Shatha Al-Sabbagh was fatally shot and killed by a PA soldier while standing outside her home along with her sister-in-law and her mother in Jenin refugee camp, occupied West Bank.

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— Dr. Renee Levant (@ReneeLevant) December 29, 2024