QALQILIA, Friday, February 07, 2020 (WAFA) – Thousands of Palestinians today afternoon joined the funeral procession of a Palestinian police lieutenant who was killed a day earlier from Israeli military gunfire.

Thousands of Palestinians flocked to Azzun town, east of Qalqilia, to attend the funeral procession of Tareq Ahmad Badwan, 25, who succumbed to his critical injuries he sustained after being shot by Israeli military gunfire in an unprovoked attack during a raid in Jenin city.

Badwan was hot in his upper body while inside a police station in the city. The bullet struck his spine before he was rushed into surgery at a nearby hospital in Jenin, where he was pronounced dead afterwards.

On Thursday morning, Israeli forces stormed Jenin city to demolish for the second time a house belonging to the family of a Palestinian prisoner over his alleged role in a shooting attack that killed a settler two years ago.

The raid resulted in the killing of Yazan Monzer Abu Tabeek, 19, and injuring dozens others, including Badwan, who succumbed to his wounds.

Badwan’s body was wrapped in a Palestinian flag as the funeral procession started from the hospital, made a stop at his family house before heading to Azzun Mosque.

Among the mourners were Justice Minister Mohammad Shalaldeh and Communications and Information Technology Minister Ishaq Sider.

K.F.