On Tuesday dawn, Israeli soldiers killed three Palestinians, and injured three, in Tubas, and the Al-Far’a refugee camp, south of the city, in the occupied West Bank’s northeastern part. The soldiers also caused serious infrastructure damage.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said the soldiers killed Ahmad Jamal Daraghma, 26, from Tubas, Osama Jabr Abu Zalat, 31, and Mohammad Samih Bayadsa, 32, from the Al-Far’a refugee camp.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said the soldiers shot Ahmad with three live rounds in the head, the neck, and the chest, Bayadsa with a live round in the head, and Osama with a live round in the chest.
The soldiers also shot and injured three Palestinians in the refugee camp, and attacked Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) medics while trying to reach the slain and wounded young men.
The Israeli army invaded Al-Far’a late at night, accompanied by several armored military bulldozers, before storming homes and buildings and deploying sharpshooters on rooftops.
Many Palestinians protested the invasion and hurled stones at the military vehicles, while Palestinian resistance fighters also exchanged fire with the soldiers in a few areas in the city and the refugee camp.
The PRCS said the soldiers killed Az-Zalat and Bayadsa in the refugee camp and injured three Palestinians.
During the refugee camp’s invasion, the military bulldozers destroyed streets and infrastructure in the refugee camp, while the soldiers stormed and ransacked homes, and attacked many Palestinians.
Later, several military vehicles invaded Tubas City, leading to protests and exchanges of fire with Palestinian resistance fighters.
Medical sources have confirmed that the soldiers shot and seriously injured Mohammad Samih Bayadsa before he succumbed to his wounds.
In related news, the soldiers took Mowaffaq Arabi Abu Dawwas hostage from his home in Tubas city to pressure his son to turn himself in to the army.
Earlier Monday, Medical sources in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank’s northern part, have confirmed the death of a young man who was seriously injured when Israeli soldiers killed two Palestinians and injured fifteen, last Thursday, February 22, 2024.
The sources said the young Palestinian man Majed Awad Nabhan, 19, suffered serious wounds when an Israeli military drone fired a missile at a car in the Jenin refugee camp, in Jenin.
The attack in which Majdi was seriously injured led to the death of Yasser Mustafa Hannoun, 27, and Sa’id Raed Jaradat, 17.
Fifteen Palestinians, including at least five children, were injured while walking in the area when the military drone fired the missile.
Israel has now killed 409 Palestinians, including 108 children and three women in the occupied West Bank, since October 7, 2023.
In the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army has killed at least 29,782 Palestinians, and injured more than 70,043.
Among the slain Palestinians are more than 8,570 women and 12,660 children, in addition to 340 medical staff and medics, 46 Civil Defense workers, at least 200 journalists, 246 education staff, and 152 UNRWA workers.
At least 7,800 Palestinians, including more than 4,700 children and women, remain missing, largely buried under the rubble of bombarded homes and buildings.
