Israeli occupation soldiers invaded, on Tuesday morning, the Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, and shot five Palestinians, including three children, while a man succumbed to a gunshot wound he sustained at dawn in the camp.

On Tuesday evening, the Ministry of Health announced the death of a Palestinian man east of Nablus after he was shot by Israeli occupation forces.

It added that Hussein Khalil Hussein Abu Ja’sa, 51, succumbed to wounds he sustained at dawn Tuesday during the Israeli invasion of the Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank.

Israeli forces shot Abu Jaasa in the abdomen with live ammunition at dawn Tuesday after invading the Balata refugee camp.

In the predawn hours of Tuesday, occupation forces invaded the camp, positioned soldiers on the rooftops of several citizens’ homes, and destroyed commercial stalls on Market Street, while Palestinian youths resisted the incursion.

At dawn Tuesday, Israeli forces invaded the camp, stormed several citizens’ homes, shot Abu Jaasa in the abdomen, and abducted three Palestinians.

Later Tuesday morning, occupation forces invaded the camp for the third time in less than twelve hours, sparking protests among local youths who threw rocks at the invading vehicles.


Soldiers deployed throughout the streets, besieged a Palestinian citizen’s home in the camp, and opened fire with live rounds at those who resisted the attack.

According to Ahmed Jibril, the Director of the Ambulance and Emergency Center at the Red Crescent in Nablus, five Palestinians, including three children were injured with live ammunition.

Jibril added that two young men were shot, one in the chest and the other in his limbs. The conditions of the injured children and young men were not known at the time of writing this report.