Chief of al-Quds Brigades - Jenin Brigade killed in IOF drone strike
The Israeli occupation assassinates a Resistance leader and three of his companions in a drone strike targeting their vehicle near the Jenin Refugee Camp.
The commander of the al-Quds Brigades in the occupied West Bank, and the Jenin Brigade, was martyred on Thursday due to injuries received in an Israeli assassination operation.
The Brigade mourned its leader Mohammed Mamoun Hawashin "Abu Shadi" (28), who was targeted by an Israeli drone while in a car near the Jenin refugee camp, along with three of his companions, leading to their martyrdom as well.
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كتيبة جنين - سرايا القدس: "ننعى القائد العام لسرايا القدس في الضفة وقائد كتيبة جنين والمسؤول عن عدة عمليات عسكرية ألحقت القتلى والجرحى في صفوف العدو، الشهيد المجاهد محمد مأمون حواشين "أبو شادي" والذي ارتقى متأثرا بإصابته بعد تعرضه لعملية اغتيال. pic.twitter.com/9pWwa7zu9U
— السيّد إبراهيم مهدي (@Sayedibrahimmad) March 22, 2024
The Brigade identified them in a statement as martyrs: Ahmad Barakat, Mahmoud Rahal, and Mohammad al-Fayed.
CCTV footage shows the moment a vehicle carrying three #Palestinians who were mourned by the #Jenin Brigade of al-Quds Brigades was bombed.#Palestine pic.twitter.com/DzxowhKtBl
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) March 20, 2024
With Hawashin's martyrdom, the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank in the past 24 hours rose to 9.
West Bank resists
Palestinian Resistance fighters carried out a series of operations against Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank this week in response to the violent Israeli attacks.
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades - Jenin announced that its fighters were able to target the "Shaked" settlement south of the city of Jenin, adding that the targeting was carried out using machine guns.
Sources to Al Mayadeen reported that there were injuries among the occupation army ranks after their vehicle was targeted with an explosive device and gunfire near Sheikh Marj Ibn Amer near Jenin.
Read more: West Bank resistance fighters confront IOF in Tulkarm, Balata camp
In Tubas, located in the northern West Bank, confrontations broke out between Palestinians and occupation forces. Resistance fighters detonated an explosive device aimed at occupation vehicles, while gunfire targeted Israeli military reinforcements as they approached the city.
Palestinians also confronted Israeli forces at the Shuafat refugee camp checkpoint, northeast of al-Quds.