At dawn on Wednesday, Israeli soldiers killed a young Palestinian man and injured several others during an invasion of the Al-Ein, Balata, and Askar refugee camps in Nablus, located in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
According to security sources, Israeli undercover special forces infiltrated the Al-Ein Refugee Camp west of the city and opened fire on a car inside the camp, killing Odai Adel Al-Qatouni, who was near the targeted vehicle.
The sources added that protests erupted inside the refugee camp, during which three civilians were injured. One of them, Farouq Rashid Khaled, was shot in the abdomen and hand before being abducted by the soldiers.
Another Palestinian was injured after being assaulted by the soldiers, while a third was wounded after falling from a height during a chase.
Israeli forces stormed several homes and stationed snipers on rooftops before conducting extensive searches, during which several individuals were abducted.
Two of the abducted Palestinians were identified as Jarrah Arafat and Ahmad Saleem Mahmoud Jibreel.
The Israeli forces also invaded the Balata Refugee Camp, as well as the old and new Askar Refugee Camps east of Nablus.
The soldiers stormed and ransacked dozens of homes, causing extensive damage, and abducted many Palestinians, including Salah Al-Jarmi from the Balata Refugee Camp and Ahmad Araishi from the new Askar Refugee Camp.
Additionally, two civilians were abducted in the Eastern Housing area and were identified as Montaser Araishi and Ibrahim Samer Muhammad An-Naqeeb.
The invading Israeli soldiers remain stationed inside the Al-Ein Refugee Camp and around the Askar and Balata refugee camps.
On Tuesday, Palestinian medical sources have confirmed that a former political prisoner, Kathem Issa Zawahra, 31, who was shot and injured prior to being abducted by Israeli soldiers on February 2, 2024, has succumbed to the severe wounds.
At dawn Tuesday, a young man was killed, and three others were injured, by Israeli occupation forces in Qalqilia, in the northwestern part of the West Bank.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced, at dawn on Tuesday, the killing of Khaled Saleh Qaraan (25 years old), and the injury of three others, by Israeli occupation forces’ bullets, during their raid into the city of Qalqilia.
It is worth mentioning that, this year alone, the Israeli army has killed 108 Palestinians (49 in Jenin, 19 in Tubas, 14 in Tulkarem, 13 in Nablus, 5 in Hebron, 3 in Bethlehem, 2 in Qalqilia, 1 in Salfit, and 1 in Jerusalem, in addition to injuring and abducting hundreds across the occupied West Bank.
