Funeral for Palestinians killed during Israeli raid in northern West Bank village of Kafr Dan

(12 Jun 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
++CLIENTS NOTE: THE TRANSLATION OF THE FIRST SOUNDBITE WAS UPDATED AT 13:40 GMT TO CLARIFY WHAT "ENERGY MISSILE" WAS++
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Kafr Dan, Jenin, West Bank - 12 June 2024
1. Various of people marching and chanting slogans during funeral, carrying the coffins of people killed during Israeli raid. UPSOUND of gunfire
2. Mid of boy crying
3. Various of aftermath, destroyed vehicle
4. Wide of house bombed during the attack
5. Wide of man crying near blood stain on the ground
6. Wide of destroyed house
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Qaher Abed, Secretary of Fatah Movement in the area:
"Special forces surrounded the area and began firing randomly without any target. Then they fired two 'energy' missiles (Energa projectiles) at my mother’s and brother’s house. They also fired heavy fire. Two Apache helicopters flew into the area, one of which bombed the house. They began demanding that my family evacuate the house. They called for the house to be evacuated. They (my family) refused to evacuate the house. My mother, brother, and his children stayed inside the house. Then they bombed the house with 'energy' missiles (Energa projectiles). After that, my family left the house. Then they (Israeli soldiers) placed explosive devices inside the house and blew it up from the inside.”
8. Various of destroyed house
9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Qaher Abed, Secretary of Fatah Movement in the area:
"After the occupation forces left, we entered the house and found three martyrs, one from al-Yamun and two from the town."
10. Wide of destroyed house
11. Wide of blood stain on the ground
12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Qaher Abed, Secretary of Fatah Movement in the area:
"The goal was to kill. They (Israeli forces) came to the town in a very strange way. They wanted to kill. They did not want to arrest. Killing, then killing. Six people were martyred, a house was blown up, and two or three young men were wounded. They arrested my nephew, but he was released in the evening."
13. Wide of Kafr Dan entrance
STORYLINE:
Israeli forces killed six Palestinians on Tuesday in the northern West Bank village of Kafr Dan, near the city of Jenin, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry, as violence flares across the occupied territory.
The Israeli army said it killed four militants in a gunbattle and wounded other fighters in the village, and a helicopter struck the area near a structure the militants were using.
The army statement said four guns were also found during the raid.
Over the past few years, Jenin and the surrounding areas have become a major flash point in the decadeslong conflict.
Since the war in Gaza began, Israeli fire has killed more than 530 Palestinians in the West Bank, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry - some in gunbattles with Israeli forces, and others shot dead for posing no apparent threat.
Palestinian attacks against Israelis have also been on the rise.
The Palestinian Authority, which administers semi-autonomous parts of the West Bank, has limited influence in the northern areas, where other armed factions have grown in power.
The 3 million Palestinians in the West Bank live under seemingly open-ended Israeli military rule.
The more than 500,000 Jewish settlers in the territory have Israeli citizenship.
AP video shot by Aref Tufaha
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