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June 9, 2023

Israeli Forces Shoot Palestinian Journalist During Demolition of Home in Ramallah
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Israeli soldiers shot a Palestinian journalist in the head during a raid
in the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. Twenty-two-year-old
Moamen Sumreen was hospitalized in serious condition after he was struck
by a rubber-coated steel bullet as he documented Israeli troops'
demolition of an apartment building Wednesday evening. The building was
home to the family of a man who allegedly carried out a bombing attack
in Jerusalem last November. Moamen Sumreen was one of six people
hospitalized as hundreds of Palestinians gathered to protest the
demolition, which officials condemned as collective punishment, a war
crime. Four sisters were displaced, along with their father and mother.

Umm Islam: "We, as Palestinians, are used to experiences like this. It
is not the first home they've destroyed, and it will not be the last.
Their demolition activities are all about how much they hate us."



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