Written by the Palestine Chronicle employees
Regardless of earlier plans by the Zakarneh household to bury 16-year-old Jana, who was killed Sunday by Israeli troopers within the city of Jenin, they determined to permit an post-mortem to be carried out. The rationale for the sudden reversal was Israeli propaganda which claimed that Gana was shot by Palestinian militants.
Later, the IDF modified its model of occasions once more, claiming that “the woman might have been unintentionally killed” by Israeli troopers.
On Sunday night time, simply earlier than midnight, the physique of Jana Majeed Zakarneh was discovered lined in blood on the roof of her household’s home within the Bayader neighborhood, east of Jenin, within the northern occupied West Financial institution.
The 16-year-old Palestinian woman, Jana Zakarneh, was shot lifeless by Israeli forces in Jenin throughout a army raid. pic.twitter.com/AZx2tmjWYa
– Muhammad Smiry (MuhammadSmiry) December 12, 2022
On that very night time, the Israeli Occupation Forces had been busy raiding the neighborhood searching for “wished” Palestinian fighters. Majed, Jana’s uncle, informed the native Al-Jazeera correspondent: “At round 10:30 pm Sunday, the Israeli military raided the neighborhood. Throughout the raid, heavy gunfire was heard close to the Zakarneh household’s dwelling.”
Majed continues: “After I heard the depth of the capturing, Jana went as much as the roof of the home to test on her cat, fearing that the cat could be shot. However Jana by no means got here again.”
RT Timesofgaza channel “The murdered Palestinian youngster, Jana Zakarneh (16 years outdated), climbed to the roof final night time to seek for her cat, however she was killed by Israeli occupation forces’ bullets, and since then the cat has been looking for its proprietor and wandering across the place the place she lives. … pic.twitter.com/eMx1VwfbBb“
– Richard Hardigan December 12, 2022
Within the chaos, the household doesn’t instantly be taught of Jana’s disappearance. When the Israeli military left the neighborhood, the daddy tried to test all his kids. He referred to as Jana repeatedly however she by no means answered. When he went as much as the roof, he discovered Jana mendacity in a pool of blood.
Jenin Hospital stated Jana was hit by 4 bullets, two within the chest and two within the face, “inflicting a big cut up.”
Jana’s physique is now within the Adly Medical Clinic at An-Najah College in Nablus. Palestinian and Arab media additionally reported that vacant shells containing some bullets had already been discovered. Different empty shells had been present in a close-by constructing the place Israeli forces had been stationed throughout the raid.
The Zakarneh household additionally disputes the Israeli declare that Jana was killed by mistake. They base their declare on two details: First, the 16-year-old was killed by 4 bullets, not one. Secondly, the constructing by which the occupation troopers had been stationed is far larger than the roof of the Zakarneh household. It follows that the Israeli troopers knew precisely what was occurring on the roof on the time: a teenage woman attempting to save lots of her cat.
“4 bullets had been geared toward Jana’s higher half, and so they say it was a mistake,” stated Uncle Jana, including, “There are definitely different bullets additionally fired, however they didn’t hit Jana.”
Jana is the one feminine in her home. A 12 months in the past, she left college to care for her mom, who was recognized with a terminal sickness.
After acknowledging that it could have been accountable for Jana’s demise, the IDF claimed that the Palestinian woman was standing close to armed fighters on the roof, and insisted that it didn’t “deliberately shoot harmless civilians”.
(Palestinian Info, Al Jazeera Internet)
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