Palestinian officials say undercover Israeli agents stormed a hospital in Hebron and fatally shot a 27-year-old Palestinian today. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said undercover commandos shot Abdullah al-Shalaldeh five times after he allegedly attempted to stop them from questioning his cousin, who was receiving treatment after being injured by Israeli security forces. Israeli news outlets said the agents were with the secretive Israeli intelligence agency Shin Bet as well as the Israeli army and Border Police. One was reportedly disguised as a pregnant woman. Jehad Shawar, director of Al-Ahli hospital, condemned the attack.

Jehad Shawar: “It is a clear breach of all international laws and all ethics related to hospitals. It is well known that hospitals are a safe place for everyone. So what do you think when a unit of undercover security raid a hospital? They came as undercover security, not even as soldiers, to arrest one of the patients who was lying injured in his bed. The crime even became uglier when they surprised a companion of the patient and shot him with five bullets and executed him in the hospital.”