Relatives of a member of Hamas' political wing shot dead in Jerusalem's Old City on Sunday (November 21) inspect the family home after it was raided by Israeli forces.

Fadi Abu Shukhedem, 42, from the neighborhood of Shuafat in Jerusalem, opened fire, killing one person and wounding at least three others. He was shot dead by Israeli security forces.

Footage shows the ransacked family home in Jerusalem. Contains soundbites in Arabic from Fadi's mother, sister and cousin.

Footage by APAwire

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: Jerusalem, 21 November 2021. Relatives of Palestinian Fadi Abu Shukhedem who was shot killed by Israeli forces, inspect the damage of his house after the Israeli soldiers raided the family house, in Jerusalem.

0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) mother of Fadi.
0.2 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) sister of Fadi.
0.3 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Fadi's cousin.


STORYLINE:

Israeli forces opened gunfire and killed a Palestinian man near the Chain Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem, according to witnesses.

The man was identified as Fadi Abu Shukhedem, a 42-year-old teacher of Islamic Education who comes from the neighborhood of Shuafat in occupied Jerusalem.

Shortly following the shooting incident, the Israeli Police shut down the gates of the Old City and set up checkpoints across all of the neighborhood and in the roads leading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on the east side of the walled Old City.

The Israeli Police claimed that Abu Shukhedem opened gunfire on police officers killing one of them and injuring another three, the condition of two of whom were described as serious.

Footage by APAwire