A young Palestinian journalist was shot dead overnight in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. On Sunday, her family accused the Palestinian Authority's (PA) security forces of killing her.
Shatha al-Sabbagh, a journalism student in her early twenties, was fatally shot in the head. According to her family, the bullet was fired by a PA security forces sniper during a period of calm, with no clashes occurring at the time.
The PA security forces, however, attributed her death to Palestinian "militants," referring to resistance fighters, and claimed she was shot during nocturnal clashes in the camp. In a statement, the PA described the incident as a "heinous crime committed by outlaws inside the Jenin camp."
Shatha’s family strongly refuted these claims, holding the PA security forces directly responsible for her death.
The Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate has called for an independent investigation to determine the circumstances surrounding her killing.
Her death is the latest in a series of fatalities in the Jenin area, where ongoing clashes between Palestinian resistance fighters and PA security forces have escalated tensions.
Shatha’s death brings the total number of fatalities since the clashes began on 5 December to eleven.
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