June 20, 2023: Ala’ Mahhi Al-Fateh (Hafnawi), 18, was killed along with another Palestinian when an explosive charge detonated near him in the Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, in the northern West Bank.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said Ala’ and Mohammad Jamal Hashash, 17, were both killed in an accidental explosion.
The two were apparently preparing explosives to be used against the Israeli army after the serious Israeli military escalation and offensives in the West Bank, especially in Nablus and Jenin.
The Health Ministry added that another Palestinian was seriously injured before the three were moved to a hospital in Nablus, where the doctors confirmed Mohammad’s and Ala’s deaths.
In the evening hours on the same day, the Health Ministry confirmed the death of Nasser Saleh Mohammad Sinan, 55, whom Israeli soldiers shot and seriously injured a month earlier in Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
The Health Ministry said Nasser, a married father of six children, was shot with a live round in the head.
n Tuesday dawn, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the death of Amjad Aref Al-Ja’as, 48, who was shot and seriously injured by Israeli army fire Monday during the massive Israeli invasion of Jenin, leading to five deaths and more than 100 injuries; the soldiers killed Amjad’s son Wasim Amjad Aref Al-Ja’as, 19, on January 26, 2023.
On Monday evening, Israeli soldiers killed a young Palestinian man and injured two after the army invaded Husan village, west of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank.
Earlier Monday, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed that Israeli soldiers killed five Palestinians, including a child, and injured at least 100, including 23 who suffered life-threatening wounds, in Jenin and the Jenin refugee camp, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
Ala’ was from the Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, in the northern West Bank. Source: IMEMC