Field Update

On Monday evening, 13 January 2014, a young man from al-Eizariya
village near Jerusalem residing in Jericho was shot dead on the ground of a family
revenge.  This attack is part of the
phenomenon of misuse of weapons and violations of the rule of law prevailing in
the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt).

According to investigations conducted by the Palestinian Center for
Human Rights (PCHR), at approximately 16:00 on Monday, 13 January 2014, a
gunman fired from a pistol at Khaled Hassan Abu Hammad, 24, when he was at the
main square in Jericho near a police station. 
Abu Hammad was instantly killed by 5 bullets to the chest and the head.

According to Palestinian police sources, the perpetrator
surrendered to the police and confessed committing the murder on the ground of
an old family revenge between his family and the Abu Hammad family.  Both families live in al-‘Eizariya village
near Jerusalem. 

PCHR strongly condemns this crime, which the result of using
weapons in family and personal disputes, which is part of the phenomenon of
misuse of weapons and violations of the rule of law prevailing in the oPt.  PCHR calls upon the Attorney General to
seriously investigate this crime.