Today, Friday, the people of Jenin (northern West Bank) mourned the bodies of 3 young men who were killed by Israeli forces’ bullets in an ambush that they set up during their storming of the city, at a time when dozens of Palestinians were injured during confrontations with the occupation in Nablus.
Palestinian media published scenes from the farewell moments of the three Jenin martyrs, and the scenes show Palestinian citizens in the hospital to which the three young men were taken, who died at dawn today, Friday, in the city of Jenin, after the Israeli occupation forces opened fire on their vehicle.
Al-Jazeera correspondent reported that about 30 military vehicles stormed the city and set up ambushes and snipers in the eastern region, surrounded a car in the Al-Marah neighborhood, and shot 4 young men who were inside, killing 3 and seriously wounding the fourth, before withdrawing.
The Palestinians had tried to confront the occupation forces after they were suspected of having come to demolish the house of the family of the martyr Raad Hazem, the perpetrator of the Tel Aviv operation.
In turn, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said - in a statement - that "3 Palestinians were martyred, and 8 others were wounded by the Israeli army's bullets in the city of Jenin."
The official Palestine TV also mentioned that the martyrs are Baraa Lahluh, Laith Abu Srour, and Youssef Salah.
anger and disapproval
The Palestinian Presidency and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the crime of field execution committed by the occupation forces, at dawn today, Friday, against 3 young men in the city of Jenin.
The Palestinian presidency saw that the execution of the three martyrs was an Israeli response to American demands to stop the escalation, before US President Joe Biden's visit to the region.
For its part, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry denounced "the insistence of the international community and countries that praise human rights to ignore Israel's crimes against the Palestinian people."
The ministry called on the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, to activate the international protection system for the Palestinian people under occupation.
In turn, the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) affirmed that the assassination will not go unpunished, stressing that the Palestinian people and their resistance know how to strike the enemy.
For its part, the Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah) blamed the occupation army and government for the repercussions of the assassination, which was carried out at dawn today, Friday, in Jenin.
Fatah spokesman Munther al-Hayek stressed, in a press statement, that the Palestinian people will continue to defend their land and holy sites, and that the blood of the martyrs will increase their determination to continue the struggle and struggle until freedom and independence are achieved.
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine mourned the martyrs of Jenin, stressing that the occupation army and its settlers will pay the price for their crimes against the Palestinian people.
Clashes in Nablus
In Nablus (in the northern West Bank), Palestinian media reported that 5 civilians were wounded by rubber bullets, and 15 others suffocated during confrontations with the occupation in the village of Burin, south of Nablus.
The confrontations erupted when the occupation forces suppressed a popular anti-settlement event, and attacked the Palestinians and the foreign solidarity participants participating in it.
The director of the Red Crescent Emergency and Emergency Center in Nablus said that the occupation forces assaulted an ambulance officer in the Red Crescent while he was treating an injured person.
A few days ago, extremist settlers burned agricultural lands in the village of Burin, and attacked a number of houses.
Israeli settlers have carried out 290 attacks in the West Bank against Palestinians and their property since the beginning of this year, 230 of which caused property damage, and 60 of them caused injuries to Palestinians, according to United Nations data.
Data from the Israeli human rights movement Peace Now indicate that there are about 666,000 settlers, 145 large settlements and 140 random outposts (not licensed by the Israeli government) in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
Accountability of the occupation
Internationally, South African Foreign Minister Grace Nalidi Pandor called on Thursday for the international community to act to put an end to the persistent grievances faced by the Palestinians, and to hold Israel accountable for the inhumane conditions that the Palestinian people have been subjected to for 73 years.
This came in a meeting organized by the United Nations Committee on the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, which was held - via video link - on the Amnesty International report issued last February, under the title "Israeli Apartheid against the Palestinians: The brutal regime of domination and crime against humanity." .
In her speech at the conference, the South African Minister of Foreign Affairs said that the responsibility now rests with us - as UN member states - to take the necessary measures, as the UN eventually did with the apartheid regime in South Africa.
The minister added that what happened during the funeral of Shireen Abu Akleh and the events and pictures from the occupied Palestinian territories evoke unpleasant memories of life under apartheid in South Africa.
The United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People was established in 1975, with a mandate to advise the General Assembly on programs aimed at enabling the Palestinian people to exercise their inalienable rights.