The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades- Nablus, the military wing of the Fatah Movement, announced today that its freedom fighters engaged in fierce clashes with the Israeli occupation forces storming Nablus, north of the West Bank using machine guns and explosive devices. 

The Alqsa Martyrs Brigades- Areeha also announced that its freedom fighters engaged in fierce clashes with IOF troops storming Ain Sultan camp, west of Areeha using machine guns and explosive devices. 

IOF kill, injure civilians in simultaneous raids in the West Bank

The director of Areeha Governmental Hospital announced, during early hours today, that Shadi Issa Jalaita, 44, a father of three children, was shot and killed by Israeli occupation forces. 

Local media reported that the martyr Shadi was the brother of prisoner Fadi Jalaita, 46, who marked his 24th year in occupation prisons on April 17. Fadi was sentenced to 25 years in prison and had been serving his sentence when his father passed away. 

Israeli occupation forces attempted to storm the Aqabat Jaber and Ain Sultan camps in southern and northern Areeha, as well as the al-Duyuk village and several other towns in the vicinity, injuring two civilians as they opened fire against residents. 

Medical sources reported that a boy in Aqabat Jaber camp was seriously injured by a bullet to the chest, and was transported to Ramallah Hospital, while another injured Palestinian, who had been shot in the knee, was taken to Areeha Hospital. 

🚨 URGENT 🚨 NOW | Medical teams treat a child injured by a bullet in his chest in Aqabat Jabr camp during the occupation’s storming of the camp. Your prayers for him pic.twitter.com/LRtrBlKkxg

— Tima🇵🇸 (@TimmiB_) April 22, 2024

Local sources said that the two camps were simultaneously raided by the IOF, which stormed and searched several homes and arrested two young men, Khamis Abu Dahuk and Jihad Manasra, from the Ain Sultan camp. 

Reports stated that Resistance fighters confronted the IOF and engaged in separate clashes with them, amid calls through mosque loudspeakers to confront the Israeli incursions into the two camps.