Family mourns grandfather’s death as Israel brings Gaza tactics to West Bank
Major military operation causes largest displacement of Palestinians in West Bank since Israel seized it in 1967
Waleed Lahlouh was 73, with a shock of white hair that marked his age, when Israeli soldiers shot him dead on a sunny February morning outside his home in Jenin refugee camp. Relatives said he was killed while trying to collect some winter clothes for his family.
He had fled with his children and grandchildren a week earlier when Israeli troops moved into the camp and ordered residents out within an hour. They scrambled to gather documents, valuables and phones, and had little time to pack clothes.
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