Three Palestinians killed with Israeli fire amid West Bank raids

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Agencies
29 Oct 2023 11:29

The Palestinian Ministry of Health announces the martyrdom of three Palestinians from Nablus, Tubas, and Ramallah amid increasing raids by the Israeli Occupation Forces and increasing confrontations with Israeli settlers.

Palestinians during a funeral held for two martyrs in the West Bank city of Jenin, occupied Palestine, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (AP)

The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that three Palestinians were martyred in the West Bank after they were shot by Israeli Occupation Forces, at dawn on Sunday.

According to the Palestinian Health Ministry’s statement, the three martyrs are Naeem Mahmoud Abdel Salam Farran (31 years old), Jalal al-Din Iqtishat (32 years old), Nasser Abdel Latif Izzat Barghouti (29 years old).

Significantly, the martyrs were from multiple West Bank locations. Martyr Farran was a resident of Askar camp located in the city of Nablus, while liberated prisoner turned martyr Iqtishat was a resident of Tubas and martyr Barghouti was a Ramallah resident.

In total, this brings the number of Palestinians martyred by Israeli fire since October 7, in the West Bank alone, to 114, with over 1,900 wounded.

Other than the 8,000 #Palestinians murdered in #Gaza, "Israel" has also killed 114 Palestinians in the occupied #WestBank since October 7.#Palestine pic.twitter.com/5RuG7s2bro
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) October 29, 2023

Large-scale detention campaign

Since the start of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, the Israeli occupation has been tightening its grip on the West Bank in whatever way possible, keeping in mind they have failed to raid a number of camps such as the Jenin camp and Tulkarm as confrontations have become more intense.

Part of the retaliatory measures of the occupation against the Palestinians of the West Bank and occupied 1948 Palestinian territories has been the launch of a large-scale detention campaign. However, Abu Obeida, yesterday, reminded the Israeli occupation that among the conditions for the exchange of captives would be the release of all Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons.

"What the Palestinian resistance has in terms of Israeli captives means that there will be no #Palestinian prisoners left in the Israeli occupation's prisons."

- Deputy Head of Hamas Movement in the West Bank, Zaher Jabarin, to #AlMayadeen.#Palestine #طوفان_الأقصى https://t.co/9KkHUfudfm
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) October 7, 2023

Hamas ready for 'immediate' all-for-all prisoner swap with 'Israel'

Hamas' military leader in the Gaza Strip Yahya al-Sinwar stated, on Saturday, that the Resistance movement is prepared for an "immediate" exchange of prisoners with "Israel", however, he stressed that it should be under the formula of all for all.

"We are ready to conduct an immediate prisoner exchange deal that includes the release of all Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails in exchange for all prisoners held by the Palestinian Resistance," al-Sinwar said in a statement.

This comes shortly after the military spokesperson for Hamas' al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Obeida, disclosed that the Israeli occupation entity has stalled negotiations regarding the release of Palestinian prisoners, noting that over 50 captives have been killed so far due to Israeli strikes.