Webdesk: Palestine reported Monday that Israeli forces martyred three Palestinians in a “counterterrorism operation” in a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.
Muhammad Abu Zaytoun, 32, Fathi Abu Rizk, 30, and Abdullah Abu Hamdan, 24, martyred at the Balata camp in Nablus.
While, The Fatah media wing of Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas confirmed the three members.
The martyred Palestinians buried in Palestinian flags.
During a counterterrorism operation, the Israeli soldiers shot several fighters.
“Armed suspects fired at the soldiers, who responded with live fire” throughout the operation. Hits found.”
Moreover, The Palestinian president’s spokesperson, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, called the killings a “veritable massacre” and called Israeli incursions and settlers’ attacks a “major war crime and a collective punishment”.
“Silence from the United States had emboldened Israelis to escalate attacks,” he claimed, asking on Washington to swiftly intervene to stop “Israeli madness that will drag the region towards the explosion”.
Since the 1967 Six-Day War, Israel has brutally occupied the West Bank, which is officially under Abbas’s Palestinian Authority.
While, Israeli military activities in Palestine have increased as savage attacks have killed many innocent Palestinians.
AFP reported that Israeli-occupied forces stormed several camp dwellings and searched for wanted people.
A witness said “Gunfire and loud explosions rocked the camp and a house was demolished.”
The Israeli army said it “located in one of the residences an explosives manufacturing site” and detonated it.
Palestinians salvaged their possessions from a destroyed structure after the Israeli bombardment.
Moreover, Hamas, which administers Gaza, called the martyred Palestinians Freedom Fighters.
“Hamas reiterates that resisting the [Israeli] occupation is a legitimate right for the Palestinian people in their quest for freedom,” Hamas added.
Balata, the largest West Bank camp, houses 27,000 people, according to UNRWA.
