Three Palestinians were assassinated by an undercover Israeli army unit in Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank on Wednesday morning.
Three Palestinians were assassinated by an undercover Israeli army unit in Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank on Wednesday morning.
At around 7:30 am, undercover Israeli troops entered the refugee camp in a civilian car with Palestinian license plates and chased Ashraf Al-Saadi aged 25, leader of Al-Quds Brigade, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad movement in Palestine.
Al-Sa’adi attempted to escape, Palestinian resistance fighters clashed with the Israeli army unit, which was backed by a helicopter and later by twenty military vehicles at this point. Al-Sadi, who has been claimed wanted by the Israeli army for 2 years was killed along with Mohammad Abu Na’feh and Ala’ Breikeh who are also operatives of the Islamic Jihad movement.
Following the assassination, Palestinians took to the streets in protest against the killing of the three youths, and threw stones at the Israeli forces that were still in the area. Thousands of angry civilians chanted anti-occupation slogans, others promised to avenge the death of the three resistance fighters.
