Palestinian Killed on Grounds of Family Dispute in Ramallah
Ref: 75/2022
Date: 12 June 2022
Time: 11:30 GMT
Yesterday evening, a Palestinian died few hours after being shot on grounds of a family dispute in Jalazone refugee camp, north of Ramallah. This incident falls under the state of proliferation of weapons and assault on the rule of law in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt).
According to investigations conducted by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), at approximately 20:30 on Saturday, 11 June 2022, medical sources at Istishari Arab Hospital in Ramallah, announced the death of Dirar Fareed al-Shiekh Yousef al-Zinati (30), from Jalazone refugee camp, succumbing to live bullet wounds he sustained in his chest and shoulder in Jifna village, north of Ramallah.
Investigations clarified that at approximately 14:00 on the same day, al-Zinati received a phone call from (T) family, whose members and the victim had a quarrel on Friday evening, and agreed to meet in Jifna village. When al-Zinati along with his two cousins arrived at the centre of the village, members of (T) family stepped out of a car with an Israeli registration plate and pointed a weapon at Dirar. They forced him at gunpoint to get out of his car and took him to al-Jabal area in Birzeit, where they directly opened fire at him, wounding him with 3 bullets in his chest and shoulder. They then took him in their car to a medical center in Birzeit as he was in critical health condition. Dirar was then referred to the Istishari Arab Hospital in Rihan suburb, where he was pronounced dead few hours later.
The Police Spokesperson, Colonel Louay Irzeigat, declared that the police received a report of unknown persons assaulting a person, from Jalazone refugee camp, and then taking him to Istishari Hospital, where doctors announced him dead.
He added that the public prosecution and the police initiated an investigation into the circumstances of the incident.
It should be noted that the perpetrators hold Israeli IDs and they fled into Israel.
PCHR expresses its concern over the recurrence of incidents of proliferation of weapons and denounces the use of firearms in personal and family disputes, which jeopardizes the right to life, rule of law and Palestinian civil peace.
PCHR calls for taking serious measures to put an end to the state of proliferation of weapons, by promptly imposing the rule of law, to preserve civil peace as homicides have spiked in the oPt in recent months.