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In the traditional stories yes, they can.

Generally they are associated with psychic and spiritual harm but there are plenty of stories of physical harm and even death

Similarly humans are capable of harming and killing jinn

It’s rare but it’s said to happen
marids and ifrits are said to kill directly or through calamities, storms, and disease.

the ghul feast on living and dead flesh by drawing their prey into the desert

for most other jinn, they are said to cause psychic harm through whispering and possession and abduction
If we understand the jinn as the embodiment of the relationship of humanity to nature it makes sense
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