RAMALLAH, June 25, 2026 (WAFA) – The Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS) said on Thursday that Israeli forces killed two Palestinian men during detention operations in the Jenin and Salfit governorates.
The PPS identified the two men as Mohammad Nazem Zayed, 29, from Jenin, and Mustafa Taha Mustafa al-Khatib, 32, from Salfit.
In a statement, the PPS said that Muhammad Zayed was targeted after an Israeli army force surrounded a house in the town of Ya'bad, west of Jenin, before shooting him directly and subsequently withholding his body.
The statement added that occupation forces also killed Mustafa Khatib during a raid on his home in Salfit, shooting him directly and leaving his body inside the house after extensively ransacking it.
It affirmed that these two crimes constitute an extension of the systematic policy of extrajudicial killings pursued by the Israeli occupation forces, a policy that has witnessed an unprecedented escalation in the current period, particularly since the start of the genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.
This escalation has seen a surge in the deliberate killing of Palestinians during arrest and raid operations, or after their detention and capture, it added.
The PPS added that numerous documented cases and incidents in recent months indicate that some Palestinians were killed after being detained and brought under Israeli control, citing reports of restraint marks on the bodies of some deceased detainees and information that emerged following the return of bodies released through prisoner exchange agreements.
It also asserted that the policy of extrajudicial killings is no longer limited to individual or exceptional acts, but has become a consistent approach and a central tool in the system of colonial violence practiced by the occupying state against Palestinians. This occurs under the provision of political, legal, and military cover for these crimes, and the continued impunity enjoyed at the international level.
It noted that Israel's ongoing efforts to enact racist legislation and laws, most notably the discriminatory and racist law to execute Palestinian prisoners, reflect an official trend toward legitimizing killing and transforming execution into an declared and legally sanctioned policy.
This aligns with the historical policies pursued by the occupation in targeting Palestinians through arrest, killing, detention, and torture.
The PPS reiterated its demand that the international human rights system and the United Nations assume their legal and moral responsibilities regarding the escalating crimes committed by the occupation against the Palestinian people.
It called for holding the occupation leaders accountable for extrajudicial killings and field executions, and for ending the prevailing impunity that has emboldened the occupation to commit further crimes, particularly in the wake of the genocide that exposed the systematic impotence of the international system.
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