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Palestinian teacher killed by Israeli forces in Jenin while helping wounded fighter

Jawad Bawaqneh, a 57-year-old school teacher, was killed during an Israeli raid on a refugee camp in Jenin. Bawaqneh was shot whilst providing first aid treatment to 28-year-old Jenin Brigades fighter, Adham Jabareen, who also lost his life.

The death of the two men brings the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank in January to 17.
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