Massive strike across West Bank in protest of Al-Arouri assassination

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen
3 Jan 2024 21:59
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Several cities in the West Bank witnessed angry protests sparked over the murder of the Hamas official last night.

Palestinian demonstrators wave Hamas flags and shout slogans during a protest following the killing of top Hamas official Saleh Arouri in Beirut, in the West Bank city of Nablus on Jan. 2, 2024 (AP)

The launch of a massive strike shook several cities across the occupied West Bank on Wednesday in condemnation of the murder of Hamas politburo deputy chief Saleh al-Arouri.

All aspects of life were brought to a standstill after the Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah) along with other Palestinian factions issued a call for a major strike.

Universities, banks, and commercial stores have all closed.

Several cities in the West Bank witnessed angry protests sparked over the murder of the Hamas official last night.

BREAKING: MAJOR PROTESTS IN JENIN IN THE WEST BANK pic.twitter.com/KEPN1JGoGo
— Sulaiman Ahmed (@ShaykhSulaiman) January 2, 2024

In a statement issued yesterday, Palestinian factions called for the launch of a general strike and urged Arab nations to take "decisive and immediate" action in response to the assassination of Al-Arouri and several of his comrades by Israeli forces.

The statement further affirmed that the "resistance continues," calling for "national mourning, a general strike, and revolutionary action in all arenas and fronts."

The statement considered the targeting of al-Arouri in Lebanon and its capital city Beirut as an "aggression against the entire Arab and Islamic world, not only Lebanon and Palestine. This requires a decisive and immediate action on part of Arab countries and their free people in response to Israeli terrorism."

A large protest in Ramallah in the West Bank chanting for the resistance and calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. pic.twitter.com/nkvxUXRaqZ
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) December 31, 2023

Sheikh al-Arouri was martyred on Tuesday evening after "Israel" conducted a terror operation in the southern suburbs of Beirut.

Al-Arouri and six other people were martyred as a result of the attack, including commanders of the Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the movement, Samir Fendi and Azzam al-Aqra, and four other members of the movement, Mahmoud Shahin, Mohammad al-Reis, Mohammad Bshasha, and Ahmed Hamoud.