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Israeli forces hit the house with a shoulder-fired missile.
On Tuesday, the funeral of Ibrahim al-Nabulsi, a commander in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, took place in the occupied West Bank, hours after he was shot dead by the Israeli army. Also Tuesday, two more Palestinians were involved in the Israeli army’s storming of the house where the three were present. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said that 40 civilians were wounded. The Israeli operation came after the recent escalation of violence in Gaza, and the continuation of the fighting between Israel and the Islamic Jihad movement for three days, which resulted in the deaths of 46 Palestinians. The ceasefire that took effect is still there Sunday standing.
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What happened in Nablus?
The director of ambulance and emergency in the Red Crescent in Nablus, Ahmed Jibril, stated that a large force of the Israeli army stormed the eastern quarter of the Old City of Nablus, and surrounded a building in the area, and this led to the outbreak of confrontations that resulted in the injury of 40 civilians with live bullets.
Jibril added that the Israeli forces prevented ambulance crews from reaching one of the casualties, and that “the occupation forces surrounded a house in the Old City, and fired a missile at it.”
An Israeli military spokesman confirmed the killing of Ibrahim al-Nabulsi, a leader in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, after he was besieged in his house in Nablus, and that several missiles were fired at the house he was inside and that he refused to surrender, and clashed with the attacking forces.
For months, the Israeli forces have been chasing Nabulsi, accusing him of being responsible for shooting attacks, one of which was in the area of Joseph’s Tomb weeks ago, which resulted in the injury of an Israeli officer and settlers.
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades
The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades is a Palestinian armed group affiliated with the Fatah movement, and its members are members of the movement.
The group, which came into existence in 2002, has carried out operations against Israeli soldiers and settlers in the West Bank and Gaza.
The battalions depend mainly on the method of firing at their target during their command.
She was responsible for the attack on the settlement of Immanuel, inhabited by ultra-Orthodox Jews, in which eight of them were killed and 30 wounded.
Analysts say that the brigades emerged from the Fatah movement in order to form a kind of resistance to the Israeli raids on the areas under Palestinian control.
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The Palestinian Prime Minister, Muhammad Shtayyeh, condemned the recent events and murders committed by the Israeli forces in the city of Nablus on Tuesday morning, which killed three people: Ibrahim Al-Nabulsi (26 years), Islam Sabbouh (25 years), and Hussein Taha (16 years), in addition to To dozens of injuries, warning of the serious consequences of it.
The Prime Minister stated in a statement issued today, Tuesday, that “while Gaza is recovering its wounds, and its martyrs are buried under the burial, from the effects of the aggression … committed by the occupation against our people in the besieged Gaza Strip, which killed dozens of martyrs and hundreds of wounded, most of them women and children.” The occupation soldiers committed this massacre, using rocket-propelled grenades to bombard the homes of the safe, especially in the old city of the patient city.”
Shtayyeh offered, on his behalf and on behalf of the Council of Ministers, his deepest condolences and sincere sympathy to the families of the three dead.
As for the Israeli Prime Minister, Yair Lapid, in his first statement regarding the operation carried out by the security services – the General Security Service, the IDF and the Special Police Unit, this morning in the city of Nablus:
“I send my deepest appreciation to the troops on the ground who dedicate their lives to ensuring the security of the citizens of Israel.”
“The operation to eliminate … Nabulsi is another step in the uncompromising struggle we are waging against terrorism. I salute the security services … for this joint operation, because they carried out a focused operation with great success and without any casualties among their ranks,” Lapid said.
The Israeli army statement said that during the operation, the forces opened fire towards a number of terrorists, including Nabulsi, who fired at the forces from inside the house, which he holed up inside with other terrorists.
The statement added that the forces: “used special means, including firing a shoulder missile and eliminated the so-called Nabulsi and another terrorist who was with him in the house.”
Escalation of violence in Gaza
Last week, Israeli forces arrested Bassam al-Saadi, a member of the Islamic Jihad movement, which led to the outbreak of three days of fighting between Israel and the movement’s members.
The fighting began with Israeli attacks on positions in the Gaza Strip, which the Israeli army said came in response to threats from the Islamic Jihad movement. After days of tension following the arrest of Saadi.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health said that the number of dead reached 44 Palestinians, including 15 children, and the ministry was responsible for killing Palestinians and wounding more than 300 people for what it described as “Israeli aggression.”
There were no reports of casualties on the Israeli side, with the exception of some people being slightly injured by shrapnel on Saturday.
As for Israel, it said that it hit 170 targets of the Islamic Jihad movement during the operation, which it called “The Truthful Dawn”, killing a number of the movement’s leaders and destroying tunnels and weapons storage sites.
Egypt and Qatar managed to reach a ceasefire agreement after three days of violence.
On Monday, Israel began easing the siege measures it imposed on the Gaza Strip, and allowed the first fuel trucks to enter the Strip. This will allow Gaza’s only power plant to resume its work in restoring electricity to homes in the Strip.
The entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip resumed after the ceasefire took effect.
Suhair Zakout, a spokeswoman for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza, told the BBC that the ceasefire had brought relief to people in Israel and Gaza, who now had a chance to try to resume their lives as usual.
Concern about the humanitarian situation in the Strip was what prompted the agreement, as Health Ministry officials warned that fuel in hospitals would not suffice the generators for more than two days.
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Clashes also hit the city of Hebron.
The Palestinians had gathered in large numbers on Sunday for the funerals of those killed by the Israeli bombing of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, including Khaled Mansour, a leader in Saraya al-Quds, the military wing of Islamic Jihad, and the second leader to be killed by Israel during the last operation.
Pro-Gaza demonstrations took place in various areas of the West Bank, most notably the city of Nablus.
Among the most powerful armed factions operating in Gaza, Islamic Jihad is backed by Iran and is headquartered in the Syrian capital, Damascus.
Israel accuses it of being responsible for many attacks, including rocket fire and shooting inside Israel.
In November 2019, Israel and Islamic Jihad fought five days of fighting following Israel’s killing of a leader in the movement it said was planning an imminent attack. The wave of violence left 34 Palestinians dead and 111 wounded, while 63 Israelis were injured.
Israel said 25 of the Palestinians killed were militants, including people who were beaten as they prepared to launch rockets at Israeli cities and towns.