Six Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in occupied West Bank

At the very least 21 different Palestinians have been wounded after giant numbers of Israeli forces raided the Outdated Metropolis of Nablus.

A member of The Lions' Den group escort injured men into a hospital after clashes with Israeli forces in Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, early on October 25
A member of The Lions' Den group escort injured males right into a hospital after Israeli forces raided Nablus, within the occupied West Financial institution, early on October 25, 2022 [Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP]

At the very least six Palestinians have been killed and 21 wounded after Israeli forces raided a number of areas within the occupied West Financial institution, Palestinian officers mentioned.

Early Tuesday morning, giant numbers of Israeli forces stormed town of Nablus and have been noticed by Palestinian safety forces and armed fighters, in response to a spokesperson for the Palestinian Fatah motion.

In accordance with the Palestinian well being ministry, 5 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fireplace. A kind of killed was unarmed, Palestinian well being and safety officers mentioned.

Their names are: Ali Khaled Antar, 26; Mishal Baghdadi, 27; Wadee al-Hawah, 31; Hamdi Qayyem, 30; and Hamdi Mohamed Sharaf, 35.

The ministry later reported that one other Palestinian youth, Qusay al-Tamimi, was killed throughout confrontations with Israeli forces within the village of Nabi Saleh close to town of Ramallah, house to the headquarters of the Palestinian Authority within the occupied West Financial institution.

A spokesperson for the ministry instructed Al Jazeera that Tamimi was 19 years outdated.

The Israeli army mentioned solely that their forces have been working in Nablus however gave no additional particulars.

The body of a Palestinian man killed by Israeli forces is carried in Nablus in the occupied West Bank in the early hours of October 25, 2022 [Jaafar Ashtiyeh/ AFP]
The physique of a Palestinian man killed by Israeli forces is carried in Nablus within the occupied West Financial institution within the early hours of October 25, 2022 [Jaafar Ashtiyeh/ AFP]

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is establishing “pressing contacts with the intention to cease this aggression towards our folks” in Nablus, his spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh mentioned in a press release.

“All of this can have harmful and damaging penalties,” Abu Rudeineh mentioned on Palestine TV.

The Palestinian Purple Crescent reported that the Israeli military prevented its medical crews from coming into the al-Qaryoun neighbourhood to evacuate the injured.

Palestinian sources mentioned Israeli snipers have been positioned on the rooftops of homes and buildings overlooking Nablus’ metropolis centre and used drones to fireside missiles.

In a later improvement, Israeli forces bombed a civilian car within the Ras al-Ain space, which resulted within the dying of a Palestinian whose charred physique arrived at Rafidia Hospital.

Armed confrontations have been persevering with in and across the Outdated Metropolis of Nablus within the north of the occupied West Financial institution, mentioned Al Jazeera’s Nida Ibrahim, reporting from Ramallah.

“We're listening to native sources calling this a ‘scene from hell’. We’re listening to that giant numbers of Israeli forces have been pushed inside town,” Ibrahim mentioned. Nablus has been besieged by Israeli forces for greater than two weeks already, she added.

Protesters burn tires in the streets of Nablus during clashes with Israeli forces early on October 25, 2022 [Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP]
Protesters burn tires within the streets of Nablus throughout clashes with Israeli forces early on October 25, 2022 [Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP]

“We’ve seen Israeli forces closing down town as a result of they are saying that they’re enthusiastic about monitoring down a bunch calling itself the Lions’ Den”, Ibrahim mentioned, including that the group lately claimed duty for a taking pictures that killed an Israeli soldier.

Ibrahim Younes, media coordinator for the Palestinian Youth Motion, instructed Al Jazeera that the Lions’ Den group had emerged out of youth within the metropolis who had taken up arms to defend town from incursions by Israeli forces, and the group then turned extra formalised and adopted a reputation.

“To grasp the angle of Palestinian youth within the West Financial institution it's important to have a look at a scenario the place there’s 800,000 settlers who're illegally occupying a fantastic proportion of the land there,” Younes mentioned.

“You will have fixed, every day assaults on Palestinian youth, whether or not they’re crossing checkpoints, whether or not they’re strolling to high school or to work,” he mentioned.

“Clearly there’s going to be quite a lot of reputation amongst youth within the West Financial institution when a bunch says that they don't seem to be going to just accept the presence of those settlers on their land,” he added.

On Sunday, the Lions’ Den armed group mentioned that one among its fighters, Tamer al-Kilani, was killed by explosives planted on a motorbike within the Outdated Metropolis of Nablus.

The group described al-Kilani as one among its “fiercest fighters” and blamed Israel for the blast that killed him as he walked previous.

The Israeli army declined to touch upon the declare that it was behind the killing.

Israeli forces have been conducting nightly raids within the occupied West Financial institution since March in what it says is a bid to dismantle armed networks and thwart assaults.

In Could, Israeli troopers shot and killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh whereas she was on project in Jenin, within the occupied West Financial institution.

Abu Akleh was carrying a press vest and was standing with different journalists when she was shot useless in a case that has been described by many events as a focused killing by Israeli forces.

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