Mohammad Bilal Zeitoun

May 22, 2023: Mohammad Bilal Zeitoun, 32, was killed by Israeli soldiers who also killed two other Palestinians and injured four, after the army invaded the Balata refugee camp, the largest Palestinian refugee camp, near Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

In a statement, the Health Ministry confirmed the death of the three young Palestinian men, adding that the soldiers also shot four young men, including one in a life-threatening condition.

The Health Ministry identified the three slain young men as Mohammad Bilal Zeitoun, 32, Fathi Jihad Abdul-Salem Rezeq, 30, and Abdullah Yousef Mohammad Abu Hamdan, 24.

The Palestinians were killed and injured when a large military force, in many armored vehicles, invaded the refugee camp at dawn, leading to protests, before the soldiers fired a barrage of live rounds, in addition to many rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs, and concussion grenades.

The soldiers also detonated three Palestinian homes during the invasion, including a home owned by the local Abu Shallal family.

The Palestinian TV said the soldiers did not inform the families, living near the homes, about their intention to detonate the properties.

The explosions caused serious damage not only to the targeted homes but also to the many surrounding properties, especially the ones above the properties in the same building.

Many surrounding homes sustained considerable property damage, especially since the refugee camp is densely populated with narrow alleys and attached properties.

Eyewitnesses said the army also deployed sharpshooters on rooftops of several buildings and prevented Palestinian ambulances from entering the refugee camp.

Palestinian fighters exchanged fire with the soldiers invading the refugee camp and its surrounding areas.

Israeli sources said the army deployed more than 400 soldiers during the invasion, and added that the soldiers also exchanged fire with Palestinian fighters.

In a video, an Israeli sharpshooter is seen pointing the laser of his sniper scope at the chest of a medic in a Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance.

Ahmad Jibril, the head of the Emergency Department at the Nablus branch of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said the army stopped its ambulances and refused to allow them to reach wounded Palestinians, forcing the medics to find alternate alleys and streets to reach the invaded area in Balata refugee camp, despite the serious risks to their lives.


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Jibril said the medics were stopped while trying to reach a seriously wounded Palestinian who was shot in the chest, especially the lungs, but the soldiers stopped them and added that it was much later that the medics were able to reach him and rush him to hospital, but he succumbed to his wounds.

He added that the Red Crescent contacted the International Red Cross to coordinate with the army to allow the medics to enter the refugee camp, but the Israeli military coordinator denied the request.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said Israeli soldiers and paramilitary colonizers had killed 156 Palestinians since the beginning of this year. Among the slain Palestinians are 26 children, and 36 were killed in the Gaza Strip.

Mohammad was from Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Source: IMEMC

 

Saleh Mohammad Sabra

May 15, 2023: Saleh Mohammad Saleh Sabra, 22, was killed by Israeli soldiers who invaded the Askar refugee camp, east of Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

Several Israeli military vehicles invaded the refugee camp, leading to protests, especially after the soldiers stormed and ransacked many homes before the army fired a barrage of live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, and gas bombs.

Ahmad Jibril, the head of the Emergency Department of the Nablus office of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS), said the soldiers killed Saleh after shooting with live rounds in the chest.

Jibril added that the soldiers shot another Palestinian with a live round in the upper body and injured a woman in her home after she suffered shrapnel wounds in the face from a shattered window after several Israeli bullets struck the property.

The Israeli army invaded Nablus city from several directions before surrounding and invading the Askar refugee camp and the Popular Housing Projects in the city, leading to protests.

During the invasion, the soldiers stormed and violently searched the home of Abdul-Fattah Hussein Kharousha, 49, and took measurements of the Kharousha family home in preparation for demolishing it.

Abdul-Fattah was one of six Palestinians shot and killed by Israeli troops during a massive invasion of the northern West Bank Palestinian city of Jenin and the Jenin refugee camp on the city’s outskirts on March 07, 2023.

On May 13, Israeli soldiers killed Saed Jihad Shaker Mesha, 32, and Adnan Wasim Yousef Al-A’raj, 19, after shooting them with live fire in the head, in Nablus.

Saleh was from Askar refugee camp, east of Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Source: IMEMC

Adnan Wasim Yousef Al-A’raj

May 13, 2023: Adnan Wasim Yousef Al-A’raj, 19, was killed by Israeli soldiers who invaded the Balata refugee camp east of Nablus in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

The undercover Israeli soldiers infiltrated the refugee camp and surrounded a home before many army vehicles invaded the area and fired a barrage of live rounds, in addition to several grenades and shells, causing serious damage and burning large parts of the property.

Ahmad Jibril, the head of the Nablus office of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS), said the soldiers killed Saed Jihad Shaker Mesha, 32, and Adnan Wasim Yousef Al-A’raj, 19, after shooting them with live fire in the head.

The soldiers also shot three Palestinians; one of the wounded is a Palestinian woman the soldiers shot with four live rounds.

The soldiers shot the woman, 50, with four live rounds, causing life-threatening wounds. Three Palestinians were injured by shrapnel from bullets, and 75 suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.

Palestinian ambulances were not allowed to enter the refugee camp until the soldiers killed the Palestinians and left the area at least an hour later. During the invasion, the medics could only evacuate one wounded Palestinian on foot.

The army also invaded several areas of Nablus city and its suburbs before closing many streets and installing roadblocks.

Adnan was from the Balata refugee camp, in Nablus, in the northern West Bank. Source: IMEMC

Saed Jihad Shaker Mesha

May 13, 2023: Saed Jihad Shaker Mesha, 32, was killed by Israeli soldiers who invaded the Balata refugee camp east of Nablus in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

The undercover Israeli soldiers infiltrated the refugee camp and surrounded a home before many army vehicles invaded the area and fired a barrage of live rounds, in addition to several grenades and shells, causing serious damage and burning large parts of the property.

The undercover Israeli soldiers infiltrated the refugee camp and surrounded a home before many army vehicles invaded the area and fired a barrage of live rounds, in addition to several grenades and shells, causing serious damage and burning large parts of the property.

Ahmad Jibril, the head of the Nablus office of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS), said the soldiers killed Saed Jihad Shaker Mesha, 32, and Adnan Wasim Yousef Al-A’raj, 19, after shooting them with live fire in the head.

The soldiers also shot three Palestinians; one of the wounded is a Palestinian woman the soldiers shot with four live rounds.

The soldiers shot the woman, 50, with four live rounds, causing life-threatening wounds. Three Palestinians were injured by shrapnel from bullets, and 75 suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.

Palestinian ambulances were not allowed to enter the refugee camp until the soldiers killed the Palestinians and left the area at least an hour later. During the invasion, the medics could only evacuate one wounded Palestinian on foot.

The army also invaded several areas of Nablus city and its suburbs before closing many streets and installing roadblocks.

Saedwas from the Balata refugee camp, in Nablus, in the northern West Bank. Source: IMEMC

Iman Ziad Ahmad Odah

May 04, 2023: Iman Ziad Ahmed Odeh, 26, was killed by Israeli soldiers near Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, after the army claimed she attacked soldiers, mildly wounding one.

Media sources said the soldiers shot Iman with a live round in the chest near Einabus junction in the center of Huwwara town, south of Nablus.

After shooting the young woman, the army closed the area and refused to allow Palestinian medics to approach her.

Later on, Palestinian Red Crescent medics (PRCS) were able to reach Iman and perform the urgently needed medical attention before rushing her to Rafidia hospital in Nablus where she was officially pronounced dead.

The Israeli army claimed the woman attacked a soldier with a knife, but the soldier pushed her away and shot her, and added that another security officer also opened fire at the woman.

According to the military, the wounded soldier suffered a mild injury and was moved to an Israeli hospital.

Her death brings the number of slain Palestinians killed by Israeli soldiers and paramilitary colonizers since the beginning of this year to 107, including 20 children and two women.

Earlier in the morning, Israeli soldiers killed three young Palestinian men and injured at least four after the undercover force infiltrated the Old City of Nablus, and surrounded a home before dozens of military vehicles invaded the area.

In a statement, the Palestinian Health Ministry identified the slain Palestinians as Moath Masri, 35, Hasan Qatanani, 35, and Ibrahim Jabr, 45.

Iman, (also transliterated as Eman Ahmad Odah), was from Huwwara, south of Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Source: IMEMC

Hasan Qatanani

May 04, 2023: Hasan Qatanani, 35, was killed by Israeli soldiers who invaded Nablus city, in the northern West Bank, and surrounded a home before firing dozens of live rounds and several shells at the property, killing him and two other Palestinians and wounding at least four.

In a statement, the Palestinian Health Ministry identified the slain Palestinians as Moath Masri, 35, Hasan Qatanani, 35, and Ibrahim Jabr, 45.

It added that the remains of two of the slain Palestinians were severely mutilated due to Israeli Energia rockets and shells fired at a home the soldiers surrounded.

The Israeli attack started when undercover forces infiltrated the al-Yasmina neighborhood in Nablus’s Old City and surrounded a home before a large military force invaded the area and used a drone to fire a missile at the property before firing more shells and dozens of live rounds, killing the three young men.

Palestinian medics rushed to the area of the attack, but the soldiers fired many live rounds at their ambulances, preventing them from reaching the home or its surrounding area.

Ahmad Jibril, the head of the Emergency Department at the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in Nablus, said the many Palestinians protested the invasion before the soldiers fired dozens of live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, and gas bombs.

Jibril stated that the soldiers injured 166 Palestinians, including four who were shot with live rounds, ten who fell as the army chased them, and 152 who suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, especially since the army fired the gas bombs at random, many striking homes or landing near them.

Among the wounded were many schoolchildren who suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation in their schools near the invaded area.

The Palestinian Ministry of Education in Nablus said it had to evacuate 16 schools in the invaded area and its surroundings to ensure the children’s safety, especially since the soldiers were firing many live rounds and gas bombs.

The Israeli army claimed that two of the slain Palestinians, Moath Masri and Hasan Qatanani, were responsible for a shooting attack last month, leading to the death of three Israelis from the Dee family in the Jordan Valley, last month, and alleged that Jabr aided them in fleeing the scene. The three are from the illegal Israeli colony of Efrat, built on Palestinian lands near Bethlehem.

The army also confirmed more than 200 soldiers took part in the invasion, adding that they used anti-tank shoulder-mounted missiles and stun grenades dropped from military drones.

The Health Ministry said the death of the three young men brings the number of slain Palestinians killed by Israeli soldiers and paramilitary colonizers since the beginning of this year to 107, including 20 children and one woman.

Hasan was from Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Source: IMEMC

 

Moath Al-Masri

May 04, 2023: Moath Al-Masri, 35, was killed by Israeli soldiers who invaded Nablus city, in the northern West Bank, and surrounded a home before firing dozens of live rounds and several shells at the property, killing him and two other Palestinians and wounding at least four.

In a statement, the Palestinian Health Ministry identified the slain Palestinians as Moath Masri, 35, Hasan Qatanani, 35, and Ibrahim Jabr, 45.

It added that the remains of two of the slain Palestinians were severely mutilated due to Israeli Energia rockets and shells fired at a home the soldiers surrounded.

The Israeli attack started when undercover forces infiltrated the al-Yasmina neighborhood in Nablus’s Old City and surrounded a home before a large military force invaded the area and used a drone to fire a missile at the property before firing more shells and dozens of live rounds, killing the three young men.

Palestinian medics rushed to the area of the attack, but the soldiers fired many live rounds at their ambulances, preventing them from reaching the home or its surrounding area.

Ahmad Jibril, the head of the Emergency Department at the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in Nablus, said the many Palestinians protested the invasion before the soldiers fired dozens of live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, and gas bombs.

Jibril stated that the soldiers injured 166 Palestinians, including four who were shot with live rounds, ten who fell as the army chased them, and 152 who suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, especially since the army fired the gas bombs at random, many striking homes or landing near them.

Among the wounded were many schoolchildren who suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation in their schools near the invaded area.

The Palestinian Ministry of Education in Nablus said it had to evacuate 16 schools in the invaded area and its surroundings to ensure the children’s safety, especially since the soldiers were firing many live rounds and gas bombs.

The Israeli army claimed that two of the slain Palestinians, Moath Masri and Hasan Qatanani, were responsible for a shooting attack last month, leading to the death of three Israelis from the Dee family in the Jordan Valley, last month, and alleged that Jabr aided them in fleeing the scene. The three are from the illegal Israeli colony of Efrat, built on Palestinian lands near Bethlehem.

The army also confirmed more than 200 soldiers took part in the invasion, adding that they used anti-tank shoulder-mounted missiles and stun grenades dropped from military drones.

The Health Ministry said the death of the three young men brings the number of slain Palestinians killed by Israeli soldiers and paramilitary colonizers since the beginning of this year to 107, including 20 children and one woman.

Moath was from Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Source: IMEMC

 

Ibrahim Jaber

May 04, 2023: Ibrahim Jaber, 45, was killed by Israeli soldiers who invaded Nablus city in the northern West Bank and surrounded a home before firing dozens of live rounds and several shells at the property, killing him and two other Palestinians and wounding at least four.

In a statement, the Palestinian Health Ministry identified the slain Palestinians as Moath Masri, 35, Hasan Qatanani, 35, and Ibrahim Jabr, 45.

It added that the remains of two of the slain Palestinians were severely mutilated due to Israeli Energia rockets and shells fired at a home the soldiers surrounded.

The Israeli attack started when undercover forces infiltrated the al-Yasmina neighborhood in Nablus’s Old City and surrounded a home before a large military force invaded the area and used a drone to fire a missile at the property before firing more shells and dozens of live rounds, killing the three young men.

Palestinian medics rushed to the area of the attack, but the soldiers fired many live rounds at their ambulances, preventing them from reaching the home or its surrounding area.

Ahmad Jibril, the head of the Emergency Department at the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in Nablus, said the many Palestinians protested the invasion before the soldiers fired dozens of live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, and gas bombs.

Jibril stated that the soldiers injured 166 Palestinians, including four who were shot with live rounds, ten who fell as the army chased them, and 152 who suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, especially since the army fired the gas bombs at random, many striking homes or landing near them.

Among the wounded were many schoolchildren who suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation in their schools near the invaded area.

The Palestinian Ministry of Education in Nablus said it had to evacuate 16 schools in the invaded area and its surroundings to ensure the children’s safety, especially since the soldiers were firing many live rounds and gas bombs.

The Israeli army claimed that two of the slain Palestinians, Moath Masri and Hasan Qatanani, were responsible for a shooting attack last month, leading to the death of three Israelis from the Dee family in the Jordan Valley, last month, and alleged that Jabr aided them in fleeing the scene. The three are from the illegal Israeli colony of Efrat, built on Palestinian lands near Bethlehem.

The army also confirmed more than 200 soldiers took part in the invasion, adding that they used anti-tank shoulder-mounted missiles and stun grenades dropped from military drones.

The Health Ministry said the death of the three young men brings the number of slain Palestinians killed by Israeli soldiers and paramilitary colonizers since the beginning of this year to 107, including 20 children and one woman.

Ibrahim was from Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Source: IMEMC

 

Mohammad Ghazi Abu Thera’

April 11, 2023: Mohammad Ghazi Abu Thera’, 35, was killed by Israeli soldiers who also killed another Palestinian in the same attack, near Deir al-Hatab village, east of Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank.

Mohammad was also a former political prisoner who was imprisoned by Israel for seven years; the first time he was abducted and imprisoned by the Israeli army was when he was only 14.

The Maan News Agency quoted the army stating that the soldiers ambushed and killed Mohammad and Saud Abdullah Saud (al-Titi), 38, and injured one near the Elon Moreh colony after they reportedly opened fire at it.

The army claimed the soldiers found two M16 rifles and a pistol that the two Palestinians carried.

Ahmed Jibril, the Director of the Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance in Nablus, stated the army prevented medical crews from approaching the two critically injured young men who died from their wounds.

Jibril added that its crews transported one Palestinian young to Rafidia Hospital in Nablus after soldiers shot him with a live round in the shoulder.

Saud was an officer with the Palestinian National Security while Mohammad was a member of the Al-Aqsa Brigades the armed wing of the Fateh Movement, from Nablus.

He is a former political prisoner who was imprisoned by Israel for a total of 16 years.

The Israeli army took the bodies of the two men after preventing Palestinian medics from approaching them.

On Monday, Israeli forces shot and killed Mohammad Fayez Balhan, 15, with live rounds to the head, abdomen, and pelvis.

It is important to note that 98 Palestinians, including 18 children have been killed by Israeli forces since the beginning of the year.

Mohammad was from Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Source: IMEMC

 

Saud Abdullah Saud

April 11, 2023: Saud Abdullah Saud (al-Titi), 38, was killed by Israeli soldiers who also killed another Palestinian in the same attack, near Deir al-Hatab village, east of Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank.

The Maan News Agency quoted the army stating that the soldiers ambushed and killed Saud and Mohammad Ghazi Abu Thera’, 35, and injured one near the Elon Moreh colony after they reportedly opened fire at it.

The army claimed the soldiers found two M16 rifles and a pistol that the two Palestinians carried.

Ahmed Jibril, the Director of the Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance in Nablus, stated the army prevented medical crews from approaching the two critically injured young men who died from their wounds.

Mohammad Ghazi Abu Thera

Jibril added that its crews transported one Palestinian young to Rafidia Hospital in Nablus after soldiers shot him with a live round in the shoulder.

Saud was an officer with the Palestinian National Security while Mohammad was a member of the Al-Aqsa Brigades the armed wing of the Fateh Movement, from Nablus.

He is a former political prisoner who was imprisoned by Israel for 16 years, and Mohammad was imprisoned for seven years.

The Israeli army took the bodies of the two men after preventing Palestinian medics from approaching them.

On Monday, Israeli forces shot and killed Mohammad Fayez Balhan, 15, with live rounds to the head, abdomen, and pelvis.

It is important to note that 98 Palestinians, including 18 children have been killed by Israeli forces since the beginning of the year.

Saud was from Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Source: IMEMC