Killing of Tawfic Abdel Jabbar

Killing of Tawfic Abdel Jabbar
LocationHighway 60, West Bank, Palestine
Date19 January 2024
Attack type
Homicide by shooting
PerpetratorsIsrael Police, Israeli Defense Forces

On 19 January 2024, Palestinian-American teenager Tawfic Abdel Jabbar was driving on Highway 60 in the West Bank when he was shot and killed. An Israeli police statement stated that an off-duty Israeli police officer, an Israel Defense Forces soldier, and an Israeli settler had opened fire on Abdel Jabbar's vehicle. Abdel Jabbar was the 94th child, 358th Palestinian, and first American killed in the West Bank since the start of the Gaza war.

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