Israeli forces murder two Palestinian youths during Nablus raid
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The PCRS says the Israeli forces deliberately targeted and injured three paramedics with live ammunition while attempting to evacuate casualties from the Balata refugee camp.
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An Israeli soldier takes aim during a raid in Ramallah city in the occupied West Bank on September 30, 2024. (AFP)
Two Palestinians were killed in Nablus in the occupied West Bank during an incursion by Israeli occupation forces into the Balata refugee camp in the city, confirmed the Palestinian Ministry of Health on Tuesday.
The Palestinian Commission of Detainees and ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) indicated that the Israeli forces executed 33-year-old Abdul Hakim Mamoun Abdul Hamid Shaheen with live ammunition in Nablus' Old City.
BREAKING: The Palestinian Prisoners' Society reports that Israeli forces executed Palestinian youth Abdul Hakim Shaheen during his arrest this morning in Nablus. pic.twitter.com/ktzhEPMPK0
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) October 1, 2024
The Hamas movement mourned martyr Shaheen, who was pursued by the occupation forces and detained after a confrontation that left him severely wounded and led to his martyrdom.
Hamas denounced the continued pursuit of Resistance fighters by the security services of the Palestinian Authority in the occupied West Bank as a violation of "all national norms and values."
Additionally, 25-year-old Diaa Hani Abdul Rahman Dweikat succumbed to critical injuries sustained from the occupation's gunfire to his abdomen and thigh in the Balata refugee camp east of Nablus.
On its part, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PCRS) stated that three paramedics were injured by live ammunition as a result of being deliberately targeted by occupation soldiers while attempting to evacuate casualties in the Balata refugee camp despite prior coordination through the International Committee of the Red Cross.
The PCRS added that Israeli occupation forces obstructed ambulances during their attempts to enter the Balata camp to evacuate the injured paramedics, noting that the organization is still unable to evacuate the injuries.
تغطية صحفية: قوات الاحتلال تعرقل عمل طواقم الإسعاف في محيط مخيم بلاطة شرق نابلس. pic.twitter.com/Bpo7SsAE5e
— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) October 1, 2024
On its part, the al-Quds Brigades - Nablus Brigade confirmed that its Resistance fighters confronted the invading forces in the Balata camp, targeting occupation soldiers with gunfire and explosive devices, dealing confirmed hits.
The Israeli occupation military acknowledged that a soldier from the Duvdevan Unit was seriously injured, and three others sustained moderate injuries during confrontations in Nablus.
Israeli media reported that several soldiers were injured in the Balata camp, and Palestinian sites published footage of an Israeli helicopter landing to evacuate the injured soldiers in Nablus.
In the early hours of today, fighters from the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in the West Bank confronted Israeli occupation forces that stormed the Tulkarm camp, the Old City, and the Ein refugee camp in Nablus.
From Monday evening until Tuesday morning, Israeli occupation forces detained at least 30 Palestinians from the West Bank, including a child and former detainees.
According to the Palestinian Commission of Detainees' Affairs and the PPS, the detentions were concentrated in the Ramallah and Beit Lahm governorates, accompanied by field investigations in the towns of al-Khader and Kfar Ni'ma, while the remainder were distributed across the al-Khalil and Qalqilya governorates.
It is noteworthy that the total number of detentions in the West Bank since the onset of the aggression against the Gaza Strip has exceeded 11,000 cases, including those detained from their homes, at Israeli military checkpoints, those who were pressured into turning themselves in, and those held as hostages.
The data only include detainees from the West Bank and exclude those from Gaza, with their numbers estimated in the thousands, according to the Palestinian Commission of Detainees' Affairs and the PPS.
