PIJ, Ansar Allah, Yemeni gov condemn Nablus massacre
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Following the brutal massacre perpetrated by Israeli forces against Palestinians in Nablus today, a set of statements of condemnation were issued from Gaza and Yemen.
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Palestinians carry the bodies of men killed in confrontations with Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank city of Nablus, occupied Palestine, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023 (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
Following the Israeli occupation's massacre in Jenin that took the lives of 11 Palestinians, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement's Secretary-General, Ziad Al-Nakhalah, described the Israeli aggression against Nablus as a heinous crime committed by the occupation against the Palestinian people.
"It is our duty as resistance forces to respond to this crime without hesitation," stressing that "the Palestinian people are united in confronting the enemy," Al-Nakhala added.
In the same context, the bureau of the PIJ's prisoners announced that "the blood of the martyrs would ignite the flame of revolution and intifada."
In a shocking scene, that's how Israeli occupation forces murdered two #Palestinians in cold blood.#Nablus pic.twitter.com/93nU75G73N
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) February 22, 2023
Additionally, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Sanaaa government vehemently condemned the continued escalation of the Israeli occupation against Palestinians, which resulted in the death of 10 and the injury of others.
In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Sanaa government said, "The Israeli escalation will have dire consequences and will negatively affect the security and stability of the region."
Sanaa called on "the international community, and foremost the Security Council, to assume its responsibilities in protecting the Palestinian people and restoring their rights, and putting an end to the enemy's crimes and brutal policies that destabilize the region and the world."
"Yemen's solidarity with the Palestinian people in the face of Zionist aggression and our support for the legitimate Palestinian right in establishing a Palestinian state on the entirety soil of Palestinian land with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital," the statement read.
Furthermore, the politburo of the Ansar Allah movement also condemned the Israeli aggression on Nablus, stressing that "the Israeli enemy would not have persisted in its attacks against the Palestinian people had it not been for the American support and the disgraceful complicity of some Arab regimes."
Lebanese Hezbollah also issued a statement strongly condemning the Israeli aggression against Nablus.
وصول جثامين شهداء #نابلس، وانطلاق موكب التشييع وسط حشود غفيرة.
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) February 22, 2023
مراسلة #الميادين في نابلس نسرين سلمي#فلسطين #نابلس pic.twitter.com/rsznlSJbD0
In its statement, Hezbollah offered "to the struggling Palestinian people and all its resistance factions, especially the Islamic Jihad Movement, its deepest condolences and blessings for the righteous martyrs, who wrote epics of heroism and pride in the city of Nablus, and confronted the machine of terrorism and Zionist aggression with patience and steadfastness."
"The Israeli occupation forces' brutality and cruelty targeting innocent civilians confirms that this enemy is deterred from its evil only by the resistance's rifle and their honorable arms, which will teach the enemy lessons that will reveal to him the extent of his foolishness and put an end to his arrogance and terror," the statement read.
Hezbollah reiterated its "solidarity with the Palestinian people and its standing by it in all the choices taken by its honorable leadership, which preserve its security and liberate its land."
Earlier, the occupied West Bank city of Nablus mourned on Wednesday its ten martyrs who died in the occupation aggression in Nablus this morning.
Al Mayadeen correspondent reported that groups of resistance fighters from the Nablus Brigade and the Lions' Den were leading the martyrs' procession in Nablus, adding that thousands gathered at the Martyrs' Roundabout in central Nablus to participate in the funeral.
A mass demonstration took place at Al-Manara roundabout in Ramallah to condemn the Israeli massacre in Nablus, our correspondent added, noting that there are Palestinian calls for a general strike and protests at points of contact with the occupation forces in the West Bank.
The occupation forces shot anyone they saw in the Martyrs' Circle in Nablus, with live bullets, our correspondent reported, adding that the occupation forces deliberately targeted the press crews, injuring a number of journalists.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health had announced on Wednesday that the initial death toll from the Israeli aggression on Nablus has risen to 10, including the leader of the Nablus Brigade, Muhammad Abu Bakr Al-Junaidi, and his companion, the martyr Hussam Islim.
The ministry also revealed that 102 citizens were injured by the occupation's live bullets and arrived at Rafidia Governmental Hospital in Nablus, among whom four are in serious condition.
