CBS News
Israeli human rights group B’Tselem shared a video on Thursday that it says shows Israeli soldiers executing two Palestinian men who had surrendered during a raid in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
The video clearly shows Israeli soldiers surrounding a garage-style door on a building as two men emerge with their hands in the air. The men can be seen lifting their shirts and kneeling on the ground as the soldiers approach.
One of the soldiers kicks one of the men before both men start moving back into the building through the large open door after being ordered to do so by the soldiers.
Gunshots are then heard, and one of the men still visible in the doorway can be seen slumping to the floor.
B’Tselem identified the two men as Yusef ‘Asa’sah, 39, and al-Muntaser bel-lah ‘Abdallah, 26.
The IDF says a Nov. 27, 2025 incident in which two Palestinian men were murdered during an operation in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, is ‘being investigated’.
The IDF acknowledged an operation to apprehend wanted individuals in Jenin on Thursday, saying the men had ‘carried out terror activities, including hurling explosives and firing at security forces.’
‘The forces entered the area, enclosed the structure in which the suspects were located, and initiated a surrender procedure that lasted several hours. Following the use of engineering tools on the structure, the two suspects exited. Following their exit, fire was directed toward the suspects,’ the IDF said in a statement shared with CBS News. ‘The incident is under review by the commanders on the ground, and will be transferred to the relevant professional bodies.’
Israeli security forces have been accused on many occasions since the war in Gaza was sparked by Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 terrorist attack of using lethal force against Palestinian civilians in both Gaza and the West Bank.
Israel’s far-right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who oversees the national police, praised the Israeli forces after the release of the video showing the Thursday incident, saying they acted ‘exactly as they are expected to!’
In the West Bank’s capital city Ramallah, Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas’ office issued a statement accusing Israel of executing the two men ‘in cold blood,’ blasting the shooting as ‘an outright extrajudicial killing in blatant violation of international humanitarian law.’
The shooting came amid a larger operation in the northeast of the West Bank, which has been occupied by Israel’s military for decades. The operation has seen more than 100 people detained since Tuesday in the town of Tubas alone, according to Abdullah al-Zaghari, a spokesman for the advocacy group Palestinian Prisoners’ Club.
The IDF has called the ongoing operation a response to ‘attempts to establish terrorist strongholds and construction of terror infrastructures in the area.’
Violence has flared in the West Bank, the much larger of the two Palestinian territories, since the war in Gaza started, and daily Israeli raids have continued there despite a ceasefire in Gaza.
According to B’Tselem, Israeli security forces and settlers have murdered more than 1,000 Palestinians in the West Bank since October 2023.
The media making such a huge story about this almost makes it look like this is an aberration of military conduct when in fact it is NORMAL for the IDF!