The IDF and Israeli Police announced that the incident is under investigation.
The Jerusalem Post, November 27, 2025:- "Israeli forces kill two wanted Palestinian terrorists after apparent surrender in West BankThe IDF and the Israeli police said that they will investigate an incident in which Israeli forces shot at two wanted Palestinian terrorists after they appeared to surrender during operations in Jenin on Thursday.Israeli Border Police stated that they identified the building in which the terrorists were hiding and initiated an hours-long attempt to convince the two men to exit the building. When the terrorists refused to exit, Israeli forces used a backhoe to partially open the building's garage door.Video footage released by a Ramallah-based Quds Network shows two Palestinian men emerging from the dark, half-opened garage entrance in front of a number of Israeli Border Police officers.The Palestinian men raised their hands and lifted their shirts to reveal that they were unarmed while kneeling on the ground before attempting to re-enter the building.The video then shows the two men being shot by officers.The soldiers involved in the incident explained that when IDF soldiers attempted to check the men to see if they presented a security threat, they acted contrary to instructions, according to Army Radio.“One of the terrorists decided to enter the building contrary to the instructions, and the other terrorist entered after him, and therefore both were shot,” the soldier was quoted as saying.However, the video appears to clearly show that the terrorists were not running or walking away, but slowly crawling. Based on the slow speed at which the terrorists were moving and the close range, it would have been easy for the soldiers to shoot them in their legs to prevent them from crawling away, and there seemed to be no basis for killing them.Moreover, the video appears to show the sides communicating, and it is possible that the crawling away was part of a miscommunication, which also did not need to result in being killed.This incident occurred as Israeli Border Police personnel were operating in the Jenin area of the northern West Bank, with Israeli Air Force combat helicopters providing support to Commando Brigade forces on the ground, on Thursday afternoon.The military noted that the Border Police activities, under the command of the Menashe Brigade, are part of ongoing West Bank counterterrorism efforts. National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir endorsed the soldiers' actions, announcing that he extends "full support to Border Guard and IDF fighters who fired at wanted terrorists who emerged from a building in Jenin," in a statement on X/Twitter."
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