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These are not recent images, they were taken on 16 November 2019 during a violent riot near Beit El.

#FadiWashha #فادي_وشحة #الشهيد_فادي_وشحة were trending yesterday. We looked into Fadi Washha, here is what we could find.

https://twitter.com/AlaHamdann/status/1400209772096413698

Fadi Washha was a militant Palestinian terrorist, he served several prison sentences for terrorism offences.

Fadi and his cousin Muataz Washha were involved in a 25 February 2014 shooting attack. Fadi admitted to this and even surrendered the weapon used in the attack

Fadi was affiliated to Fatah in Birzeit, here is the announcement of his release from prison on 26 February 2019 and celebration of his release by Fatah members in March of that year.

Fadi also appear to have been a member of the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades (a designated terror org). He was dressed in military fatigue in his funeral procession and his body was carried by apparent members of the group.

Commanders in the Palestinian National Security Forces the First Battalion SSI, and Dr. Laila Ghannam, the governor of Ramallah and al-Bireh and former member of Fatah’s leadership committee for the governorate were at his funeral.

Here are the images from 2019.

We have seen reports of violent riots on 15 May 2021 near Beit El & police using tear gas and stun grenades. Only the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported the head injury from "live bullet" on that day. We could not verify this claim.

Fadi and Muataz