Israeli forces killed at least five Palestinian young men, on Saturday, after besieging and bombing a home in the village of Deir al-Ghusoun, northeast of Tulkarem in the northwestern part of the occupied West Bank.
According to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) its crews recovered, in the afternoon, the body of a young man under the rubble of the bombed house.
Update: Four of the five slain Palestinians have been identified as Tamer Fuqaha’, 20, Ala’ Adeeb Shreiteh, 45, Asal Bashir Badran, 42, and Adnan Tayseer Samara, 40.
Earlier, the occupation army bulldozers, while demolishing the home, uncovered the bodies of one young man at dawn, and another in the morning.
A social media video shows Israeli soldiers handling two bodies near the bombed home, while another shows a body being recovered in the home by PRCS crews.
According to official Palestinian sources, the Israeli army detained the bodies of four young men after recovering them from the rubble of the targeted home.
The PRCS added that the body of the young man was transported to the Martyr Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital in Tulkarem.
In the afternoon, occupation forces withdrew from the town, it is unclear whether or not the army confiscated the bodies of the unidentified young men.
Citizens and ambulance crews rushed to the destroyed home in search of dead or injured men.
During the attack, Israeli forces besieged and bombed the Palestinian-owned home in the eastern neighborhood, while reinforcements accompanied by heavy machinery stormed the village.
The army positioned sharpshooters on the rooftops of tall buildings, while reconnaissance drones flew overhead, while the soldiers fired “Energa” missiles at the besieged home, where young men had barricaded themselves.
The occupation claimed that the “wanted” young men allegedly carried out a shooting attack resulting in the death of an Israeli soldier in November 2023, in the village of Beit Lid, east of Tulkarem.
A curfew was imposed in the area, while soldiers besieged the home, and armed Palestinian resistance fighters exchanged heavy gunfire.
At dawn Saturday, the army began demolishing the house and bulldozing the rubble, searched the property, accompanied by police dogs.
External walls, fences, and infrastructure in the vicinity were also destroyed, in addition to several citizens’ vehicles.
According to eyewitnesses, Israeli soldiers confiscated the bodies after abusing them and fired smoke bombs and heavy live rounds at anyone attempting to approach.
Arab 48 reported that the occupation forces fired concussion grenades and tear gas canisters towards a group of journalists while they were covering the events from a building opposite the targeted house.
It added that an Israeli sharpshooter fired live rounds at the Al-Arabi TV cameramen, no injuries were reported, at least one camera was damaged.
Media sources added that the owner of the destroyed home, the former prisoner, Salma Bashir Badran, emerged from the rubble and soldiers handcuffed, blindfolded, interrogated, and detained him.
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