NABLUS & JENIN, occupied West Bank—Israeli military forces killed 34-year-old Tariq Qassas with a bullet to the chest on February 25 while he was on his way home from work at a bakery two kilometers away in the Old City of Nablus. Qassas, a father to a five-year-old with another child on the way, was the eleventh Palestinian to be killed in Nablus—a bustling city in the north of the occupied West Bank—since January.
“My brother called me while at work and told me to be careful when heading home, to make sure that the army is gone,” Loay Qassas told Drop Site News. The Israeli army had been conducting an operation near the western cemetery in the city. “In the end, it was him that was killed while heading home from work.”
Medics arrived to transport his body to Rafidia hospital to be prepared for burial. En route, Israeli forces stopped the ambulance and, at gunpoint, ordered paramedics to uncover his face so the soldiers could scan it using facial recognition technology. “Even in death, they want to come and mark their kill,” Loay said, before carrying his brother’s casket to its final resting place. ….more
