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Palestinian Militias in Jenin Deployed Teenage Girls to Report on Israeli Troop Movements during Combat
(Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Lenny Ben-David - Two 15-year-old girls - Jana Zakarna and Sadil Naghnaghia - who were deployed by Palestinian militias as "spotters" to spy and report on Israeli troop movements during combat, were killed in Jenin in recent months. They were buried with Palestinian military honors. On April 10, 2022, the Telegram channel "Jenin Al-Qassam" published instructions for Jihad fighters which included a section dealing with the "use of children and residents to conduct visual observation and information-gathering." The channel noted that Jenin has a network of observation units staffed by "young people" assisting terrorist groups by "documenting on video and delivering reports about the activities of IDF forces." The U.S. Department of Defense's "Law of War Manual" states explicitly that civilian spotters are combatants who are taking a direct part in hostilities and are thus deprived of protection from attack.