On Thursday, Israeli soldiers killed four Palestinians in Nablus, Ramallah, Hebron, and Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, bringing the number of slain Palestinians in the West Bank on the same day to eighteen.
Media sources in Nablus, in the northern West Bank, said the soldiers invaded the Balata refugee camp east of the city, leading to protests, and fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, and gas bombs.
The Palestinian Health Ministry has confirmed that the army killed Qadri Azmi Hattab, 22, after shooting him in the abdomen.
It added that the soldiers also shot seventeen Palestinians with live fire and caused many Palestinians to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.
In Aqraba town, southeast of Nablus, the soldiers shot a young man with a live round in the leg and caused many to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.
In Ramallah, in the central West Bank, the soldiers killed Mohannad Abdul-Qader Jadul-Haq, 29, after the army invaded the Al-Am’ari refugee camp east of the city.
During the invasion, the soldiers shot six Palestinians, including one who was shot in the abdomen and the leg, and the soldiers left him bleeding on the ground for thirty minutes after firing live rounds at a Palestinian ambulance, preventing the medics from reaching him. The soldiers also shot four Palestinians with live fire in their thighs and one child in the leg.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted Wajdi Khattab, 23, Raed Al-Yazouri, 50, and Ahmad Abu Ghweila, 33, from their homes in the refugee camp.
In the Al-Biereh city near Ramallah, the soldiers shot a young man with a live round in the face in the Jabal At-Tawil area, causing moderate wounds.
In Hebron, in the West Bank’s southern part, the soldiers invaded Doura town, southwest of the city, leading to protests, and killed Anas Nasser Mohammad Abu Atwan, 30, after shooting him with life fire in the chest.
The soldiers also shot a young man in the At-Tabaqa village southwest of Hebron after several army jeeps invaded the area.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of the city, killed one Palestinian, and injured several others.
Medical sources said the soldiers fatally shot Mohammad Farid Hamdan Thawabta, 51, and injured several Palestinians.
In related news, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers invaded the At-Tabaqa and Al-Minya villages east of Bethlehem and attacked homes, causing damage.
Local sources said the colonizers dowsed car tires with fuel and ignited them before trying to throw them at homes, but the locals intercepted them and forced them to leave.
Also, the soldiers abducted Baha’ Abdul-Sabour Sabateen, 21, from his home in Husan village, west of Bethlehem.
In related news, the soldiers abducted two young men in the Al-Isawiya and Silwan towns, in addition to storming and ransacking many homes, causing damage.
Also, the soldiers abducted four young men in Tubas, in the northeastern West Bank, when many army vehicles invaded the city before the soldiers stormed homes and buildings and deployed sharpshooters on rooftops.
In Tulkarem, in the northwestern West Bank, the soldiers abducted a former political prisoner, Omar Sari A’mar, from Anabta town, east of the city, after stopping him at a military roadblock.
Earlier Thursday, Israeli soldiers killed fourteen Palestinians and injured twenty others, including some in critical condition, in the city of Jenin and its refugee camp in the occupied West Bank’s northern part.
The identities of the 14 slain Palestinians, are as follows:
- Mohammad Youssef Azzam Zayed, 15.
- Ayham Mohammad Ibrahim Amer, 23.
- Mohammad Nasser Hassan Mutahin, 30.
- Ra’fat Akel Omar Abu Aqel, 21.
- Mahmoud Hussein Ali Abu Al-Nada, 47.
- Qais Raed Jamal Dweikat, 21.
- Lutfi Sayel Howeiti , 21.
- Mohammad Abdul-Karim Al-Sabagh, 30.
- Mut’asem Fawaz Issa, 32.
- Ahmad Mahmoud Shafiq Khalaf, 18.
- Mohammad Tariq Hussein Fayed, 19.
- Ibrahim Hassan Thaher Abahra, 25.
- Ahmed Tayseer Mahmoud Abu Qtona, 22.
- Thaer Mohammad Marei Abu Qtona, 23.
Israeli soldiers and paramilitary colonizers have killed 173 Palestinians, including 43 children and one woman, injured 24000, abducted 2300, and demolished sixty-five structures and homes, displacing 1084 Palestinains, in the occupied West Bank, since October 7, 2023.
Thirty-three of the slain Palestinians are from Jenin, twenty-eight from Tulkarem, twenty-three in Hebron, twenty-two, in Nablus, twenty-one in Ramallah, twenty-one in Jerusalem, six in Bethlehem, six in Jericho, 6 in Qalqilia, five in Tubas and one in Salfit.