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Sanad Salem al-Harbad, 27. Published by IMEMC News

A pistol recovered from the scene where a man opened fire on undercover officers in the southern city of Rahat on March 15, 2022. Police shot and killed the man. Source: [Israeli] Police spokesperson) Published by The Times of Israel
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by IMEMC News
Mar 15, 2022

Undercover Israeli police killed, at dawn Tuesday, a 27-year-old man in the Bedouin city of Rahat, In the Negev.

The slain young father of three children, identified as Sanad Salem al-Harbad, 27, was shot by undercover Israeli police during search and arrest operations.

The police alleged that shots were fired at them but failed to provide proof that the young man was involved in the alleged shooting. No officers were injured.

(Palestine TV) published a statement by the ‘Supreme Steering Committee’ holding the occupation responsible for the killing of the young father of three.

“The Negev is facing a campaign of systematic incitement and distortion from the trumpets of the authority and its media to demonize it and prevent solidarity with it and allow the authoritarian institutions to carry out their crimes, the most recent of which was the execution of the field martyr Sanad Salem Al-Harbad, who was on his way from his home to his place of work.” – The Supreme Steering Committee

The statement added that al-Harbad;

“Was shot by an undercover unit disguised as a Bedouin in an old Toyota jeep, leaving the injured person bleeding and preventing ambulances from entering for an hour is a crime in itself.” – The Supreme Steering Committee

The Times of Israel claimed that the slain young man was not a suspect in the shooting.

Contrary to Police allegation, further investigation revealed that the undercover officer shot Sanad with a round in the upper back and one in the lower extremities.

Israeli daily Haaretz said the Police Investigation Unit (Mahash) revealed that the officer who killed Sanad claimed that he felt his life was in danger and that he shot the Palestinian after he pointed his gun at him from a distance of about six meters.

However, the Mahash investigation revealed that Sanad had his back turned to the officer who shot him.

The officer shot Sanad in the lower extremities and then delivered the fatal shot to his upper back after falling to the ground.

The Arabs48 News Website said the undercover officers took Sanad, who was injured but still alive, to the police station where he succumbed to his wounds.

The officer will likely be subject to further interrogation; Haaretz said Mahash has decided to suspend the officer for a week and take his weapon.

The Mahash investigation also revealed that two persons approached the officer and exchanged fire with him before they managed to escape unharmed.

It is worth mentioning that Israel Omer Bar-Lev, the Israeli Minister of Public Security, expressed his support to the officer who killed Sanad, while the Israeli Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai claimed the killing of Sanad is connected to the killing of Nader Haitham Rayyan, 17, in Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, and the killing of Ala’ Mohammad Shaham, 22, in Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem, are connected.

The Mayor of Rahat, Fayez Abu Sheiban, denounced the killing of the young man, and told the Kan public broadcaster that;

“I hope it does not lead to riots. Residents told me that the young man who was killed was a passerby and was not connected to the shooting.”

Talking to the Palestinian TV Abu Sheiban said the fact that Israel sends undercover forces to kill a Palestinian citizen of Israel, and even if they want to abduct him, shows that Israel’s leadership and the police have two sets of laws applied on Israelis and Palestinian citizens of Israel.

“We are the natives, the indigenous of this land, we didn’t come here as settlers, or immigrated from various parts of the world,” Abu Sheiban stated, “If the police wanted to arrest someone they can come and arrest him instead of sending undercover soldiers to kill him.”

Furthermore, soldiers also killed, on Tuesday at dawn, a Palestinian child, identified as Nader Haitham Rayyan, 17, in the Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank, in addition to shooting and injuring 3 more young men.
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Police kill Arab man after ‘coming under fire’ during undercover raid in Rahat

Border Police set out to arrest two Palestinians who were illegally in Israel, one suspected of terror activity; slain 27-year-old named as Sanad Salem al-Harbar

By EMANUEL FABIAN for Times of Israel
15 March 2022, 8:36 am

A 27-year-old Rahat resident was shot dead by undercover police officers in the southern Bedouin city early Tuesday.

Border Police officers along with the Shin Bet were attempting to arrest two Palestinian suspects who were in Israel without entry permits. One of them was also suspected of terror activity, a security official told the Times of Israel.

After one of the suspects was detained, shots were fired at the officers from several directions, according to police.


A 27-year-old Rahat resident was shot dead by undercover police officers in the southern Bedouin city early Tuesday.

Border Police officers along with the Shin Bet were attempting to arrest two Palestinian suspects who were in Israel without entry permits. One of them was also suspected of terror activity, a security official told the Times of Israel.

After one of the suspects was detained, shots were fired at the officers from several directions, according to police.

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Police said the officers returned fire, hitting one suspect who “endangered their lives.” No police casualties were reported.

The suspect’s firearm along with a magazine was recovered at the scene, police said.

The man was taken for medical treatment, but shortly thereafter was declared dead by medics.

He was later identified as Sanad Salem al-Harbar, a resident of the city, and not one of the original suspects police had set out to arrest.

Rahat Mayor Fayez Abu Sahiban said he condemned the police shooting on Tuesday, and added that he hopes police arrest those holding illegal firearms.


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Border Police officers along with the Shin Bet were attempting to arrest two Palestinian suspects who were in Israel without entry permits. One of them was also suspected of terror activity, a security official told the Times of Israel.

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Police said the officers returned fire, hitting one suspect who “endangered their lives.” No police casualties were reported.

The suspect’s firearm along with a magazine was recovered at the scene, police said.

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The man was taken for medical treatment, but shortly thereafter was declared dead by medics.

He was later identified as Sanad Salem al-Harbar, a resident of the city, and not one of the original suspects police had set out to arrest.

Rahat Mayor Fayez Abu Sahiban said he condemned the police shooting on Tuesday, and added that he hopes police arrest those holding illegal firearms.

“I hope it does not lead to riots. Residents told me that the young man who was killed was a passerby, and was not connected to the shooting,” Abu Sahiban told the Kan public broadcaster.

Rahat has seen several violent incidents in recent months, including brawls and shootings.

In late January, a 7-year-old boy was shot in the neck during an apparent shooting between criminals in the city, following a violent brawl that left three men wounded.

Arab communities in Israel have seen a surge in violence in recent years, driven mainly, but not exclusively, by organized crime. Arab Israelis blame police, who they say have failed to crack down on powerful criminal organizations and largely ignore the violence, which includes family feuds, mafia turf wars and violence against women.

The Arab community has also suffered from decades of neglect.

The Abraham Initiatives, which monitors and campaigns against violence in the Arab community, said there were 125 Arabs — an all-time record — killed in Israel in 2021 as a result of violence and crime.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Public Security Minister Omer Barlev have vowed to crack down on the violence as well as illegal weapons.