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Jenin raid footage reactions
Video circulated by Arab broadcasters and on social media shows two Palestinian men being shot dead during an Israeli raid in Jenin in the occupied West Bank after they appeared to surrender.
“Footage circulating on social media shows Israeli forces shooting and killing two unarmed Palestinian men in Jenin moments after they surrendered during a West Bank raid, prompting widespread outrage and an internal review by the Israeli military.”
Multiple outlets describe the same footage, showing men exiting a building with hands raised and lifting their shirts to show they were unarmed.
The men are then seen kneeling or lying on the ground and being shot.
Palestinian officials and relatives named the dead as Al-Muntasir (Montasir) Abdullah, 26, and Yousef/Yusuf Asasa, 37, and said Israeli forces took their bodies.
The images have provoked immediate outrage and calls for accountability from Palestinian authorities, U.N. officials, and rights groups.
Raid and aftermath
Multiple clips and witness descriptions provide graphic detail.
Soldiers used engineering equipment to breach the structure.
Armoured vehicles surrounded the site.
The men emerged with hands up.
Some were forced back inside or ordered to the ground.
Gunfire is heard.
Footage later shows a roller door lowered over the bodies and blankets covering the scene.
The Palestinian Health Ministry and local officials said the bodies were being withheld.
Video and witness accounts also describe kicks and continued firing into a garage area.
Shooting response and accountability
Israeli authorities have acknowledged the incident and said the two were wanted militants accused of throwing explosives and firing at troops; the army and police said fire was directed at the suspects and that the case is under review and will be referred to professional investigative bodies.
“The IDF and Israeli police acknowledged the incident but did not admit wrongdoing, saying the operation sought suspects accused of throwing explosives and firing at troops and that the individuals emerged only after hours of a surrender process and use of engineering equipment.”
Some outlets report the three officers seen in footage were briefly detained and then released.
Israel's national security minister publicly praised the troops.
Nonetheless rights groups and the U.N. have questioned whether internal probes amount to meaningful accountability.
Northern West Bank surge
Observers place the killings within a broader surge of Israeli operations across the northern West Bank.
Rights groups and U.N. officials say these operations have caused widespread harm.
Reports cite hundreds of demolitions and large numbers of evictions and displacements in Jenin and other camps.
Rights organisations have used terms such as "war crimes" and "apartheid" to describe parts of the campaign.
U.N. bodies and humanitarian agencies have documented rising fatalities and settler violence during the same period.
Accountability for Jenin killings
The episode has drawn comparisons to past cases and intensified debate over accountability.
“observers compared the case to the 2017 Elor Azaria shooting.”
Observers and some media noted parallels with the 2017 Elor Azaria shooting.
U.N. rights officials, Palestinian leaders and rights groups called the Jenin killings an apparent summary or extrajudicial execution and demanded investigations.
Israeli officials stress the suspects were armed and wanted and point to internal reviews.
Independent accountability advocates note that such probes seldom result in prosecutions, leaving the events contested and the facts of what precisely happened under dispute.