“The terrorist Ibrahim al-Nabulsi died in the city of Nablus,” the army said in a statement, adding that “another terrorist” was also killed during the operation.
Nabulsi was commander of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigadeone of the main militant groups in the West Bank operating under the ruling party Fatah. Hundreds of people gathered outside the Nablus hospital, where a dozen armed men took him.
Later, another Palestinian died after being wounded in hebronin the south of the occupied territory, after clashes with the Israeli army.
The latter confirmed that he had carried out a joint operation with the police and the Shin Beththe internal intelligence services, against “the terrorist” al Nabulsi and that they used a rocket against the residence of this fighter suspected of being involved in a series of attacks against Israel.
In the old city, an AFP correspondent reported an exchange of fire between Palestinians and Israeli security forces.
The Society of Palestinian Red Crescent He said his doctors treated 69 people for gunshot wounds in the Nablus area, at least four of them in critical condition. In other areas of the city, Palestinians hurled stones at soldiers.
Israel’s incursion into the West Bank, which suffered no casualties, comes two days after the end of a deadly military operation against the armed movement Islamic Jihad on the Gaza Stripin which 46 Palestinians were killed, including several children.
A teenager among the dead
The Palestinian Ministry of Health identified the dead as Ibrahim al-Nabulsi, Islam Sabbuh Y Hussein Taha.
The latter was a 16-year-old teenager, explained to AFP his father, Jamal Taha, who said that his son was killed while walking to work. “The army was in the old city. My son was going ahead of me to the market, carrying his food. There were shots and four of us were wounded,” he explained.
In recent months, Israel has conducted almost daily operations in the occupied West Bank, targeting Islamic Jihad militants.
Since March, at least 57 Palestinians have been killed, mostly in the Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967.
Among the victims there are alleged militants and also non-combatants, such as the experienced Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Aklehwhile covering an Israeli incursion into Jenin.
Attacks on Israeli targets have left 19 dead in the same period, mostly civilians killed in attacks inside Israel, and three Israeli Arab attackers.
Palestinian reaction
After the raid in Nablus, a spokesman for the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas he said that Israel “is not interested in calm and stability.”
“He exploits and kills Palestinians for profit in Israeli domestic politics,” said Nabil Abu Rudeineh, referring to the early Israeli general elections scheduled for November 1.
Israel’s interim prime minister, Yair LapidHe assured on Monday that the bombardment “dealt a devastating blow to the enemy” and that “the entire military high command of Islamic Jihad in Gaza was successfully attacked.”
Source: Ambito
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