IOF killed 100+ Palestinians in West Bank since Al-Aqsa Flood

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen
25 Oct 2023 10:41

The bloodthirsty Israeli occupation has its war machine running from Gaza to the West Bank.

Palestinians confront Israeli occupation forces following a demonstration in support of Gaza in Nablus, West Bank, occupied Palestine, on Friday, October 13, 2023 (AP)

The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced, on Wednesday morning, that the number of Palestinians martyred in the West Bank since the beginning of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood has reached 103, including two martyrs who died inside Israeli occupation prisons.

Earlier, Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported that a martyr from Qalandiya arrived at the Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah after receiving gunshot wounds to the head and chest by Israeli gunfire.

This comes after a fierce night of confrontations between #Palestinian Resistance fighters and Israeli occupation forces who stormed several areas in the #WestBank but were met with the Resistance's heavy gunfire and explosives.#Gaza #Palestine pic.twitter.com/mEz895KmLI
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Meanwhile, the political activist from Jenin, Adnan al-Sabah, confirmed to Al Mayadeen that there is a call for a continuous strike and to engage the enemy, amid broad consensus and application.

This morning, Palestinian Resistance fighters opened fire on an Israeli force while it was carrying out a campaign of arrests and raids in the city of Qalqilya.

The occupation carried out raids and a campaign of arrests in several areas of the West Bank, resulting in several confrontations between Palestinians and Israeli occupation forces. This comes as more Palestinians are martyred and injured during marches in the West Bank held in support of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood and the Resistance in the Gaza Strip.

The Palestinian Resistance confronted Israeli occupation forces conducting multiple incursions with large military reinforcements across Jenin and Nablus in the occupied West Bank.

#Watch | The moment an Israeli occupation military warplane targeted the #Jenin refugee camp with an airstrike.#Palestine #WestBank pic.twitter.com/QrT4TELE6V
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According to Al-Quds Brigades -Jenin Brigade, Resistance fighters in Jenin camp have prepared ahead for this anticipated incursion, adding that the Brigade, since the start of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, has been confronting the IOF along al-Hadaf front.

Moreover, the Brigade's statement confirmed that the Resistance snipers successfully targeted an Israeli soldier at the al-Faroun roundabout.

It stated that the Brigade had successfully detected the incoming IOF convoy, allowing them to successfully “damage and disable a number of vehicles." The statement also noted that at least four IOF soldiers were confirmed wounded during confrontations at al-Hadaf front.

On its part, Al-Qassam Brigades in Jenin announced its participation in the then-ongoing confrontations with the occupation forces, saying, "Our fighters alongside the Resistance factions are engaged in violent confrontations with the [Israeli] occupation forces that are storming Jenin now."

On its part, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades announced that they confronted the IOF in the vicinity of the Ibn Sina Hospital near the Jenin camp, noting that they have been able to confirm direct hits using volleys of bullets and explosive devices.

Al-Quds Brigades confirmed that the IOF failed to infiltrate the camp despite the heavily militarized convoy that was sent for this mission.

It was also reported that the Israeli occupation forces have targeted Jenin with two missiles from warplanes while their armored bulldozers were blocking the entrance to the camp amid a complete electricity blackout.

Lions' Den Resistance group urges mobilization for Gaza

In Nablus, the Lions' Den Resistance group released a statement calling on the people of Nablus and the West Bank "to take to the streets, light up tires, and confront the IOF and Israeli settlers."

At the core of the message was the idea that "no one will be able to separate us from our people slaughtered in Gaza, and life will not return to normal in the West Bank before it returns to normal in Gaza first."

The Lions' Den underscored that life in the West Bank cannot return to normal after all that has happened in Gaza, stressing that there isn't even a "semblance of normalcy" as long as the people in the Strip cannot have that too.

"Our bleeding blood in Gaza and the West Bank is more precious, nobler, purer, more honorable, and greater than some economic wheel or some commercial shops," the Lions' Den statement highlighted.

The group urged West Bank residents to halt their normal lives and mobilize en masse to "face the horrors of the massacres committed by the occupation against" the people of Palestine.

The statement also included a wide-range condemnation, saying, "The zionist war council is permanently convened with strong and explicit American presence, while Arab councils are filled with timid condemnation, and their strongest decisions are to reject the displacement of the Palestinian people," before reaffirming that "what is happening now in Gaza will extend to the West Bank and will later extend to Arabs wherever they are."

To conclude, the group called on all Arabs and Palestinians to mobilize, reaffirming that the current circumstances in occupied Palestine "require all of us to stand united to defend our existence."

This comes at a time when Israeli occupation aircraft continue to launch hundreds of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip successively and violently, targeting towers, residential buildings, and civil and service facilities, causing mass destruction to property and infrastructure, as well as thousands of deaths and injuries, most of whom are women, children, and elderly individuals.

Al Mayadeen’s correspondent reported, on Wednesday morning, that the number of martyrs in Gaza as a result of the Israeli aggression has surpassed 6,000, in addition to about 20,000 wounded.