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Two Palestinian journalists shot during Israeli operation in West Bank

The incident follows a US senator calling on the Biden administration to declassify the report on Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed by Israeli forces while covering a raid last year.

Adam Lucente
Adam Lucente
Palestinian municipality workers inspect the damage to the house of Islam Faroukh, a Palestinian charged for the Jerusalem twin bombings in November 2022 that killed two people, after it was demolished by Israeli forces in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on June 8, 2023. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)
Palestinian municipality workers inspect the damage to the house of Islam Faroukh, a Palestinian charged for the Jerusalem twin bombings in November 2022 that killed two people, after it was demolished by Israeli forces in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on June 8, 2023. — AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images

Two Palestinian journalists were injured in the West Bank on Thursday amid clashes between Palestinians and the Israeli military.

Photojournalist Momen Somrain was injured by a bullet to the head, while the other photojournalist, Rabie al-Munir, was injured in his stomach by a metallic bullet coated in rubber, according to the PA’s official WAFA news agency. Munir is with Al-Araby TV channel, headquartered in Qatar, according to Agence France-Presse. 

 

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