Armed clashes broke out between Israeli forces and Palestinians in Jenin on Sunday after Israeli forces arrested Jibril Zubeidi, the brother of Zakaria Zubeidi, one of the prisoners who escaped Gilboa Prison in 2021.
A 14-year-old Palestinian was shot and killed in the clashes and another Palestinian was seriously injured, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. No Israeli personnel were injured in the clashes.
The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), IDF and Border Police announced after the raid that Zubeidi was arrested for taking part in terrorist activities against Israeli forces and for planning terrorist attacks. Zubeidi is also suspected of taking part in the kidnapping of the body of Druze-Israeli Tiran Ferro in November.
The local branches of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s al-Quds Brigades and Hamas’s al-Qassam Brigades announced that they had fired toward Israeli forces during the raid.
According to Palestinian reports, Israeli forces surrounded a house in the city amid the clashes. Power outages were reported in the city during the clashes as well.
Zubeidi's past arrests
Jibril Zubeidi has been arrested in the past, including in 2020, according to Palestinian reports. He has spent 12 years in Israeli prisons.
The clashes come a week after two officials from Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Khader Adnan and Khaled Gawadreh, from towns south of Jenin, were arrested by Israeli security forces.
Adnan was arrested in Arrabe, while Gawadreh was arrested in Bir al-Basha. After his arrest, Adnan announced he was beginning a hunger strike, according to Palestinian reports.