The West Bank city of Jenin witnessed a state of public mourning for the lives of the four martyrs killed by the occupation forces on Thursday, while the British consulate in Jerusalem called on Israel to conduct a transparent investigation into its incursion into Jenin.

Jenin residents mourned the bodies of the two martyrs: Nidal Khazem of the Al-Quds Brigades (the military wing of Islamic Jihad), and Yusuf Shreim of the Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), in addition to two other martyrs, Luay Saghir and Omar Awadin.

A special Israeli unit of undercover operatives assassinated Khazem and Shrem for allegedly producing IEDs and firing at Israeli soldiers in recent months.

The British consulate in Jerusalem called on Israel to conduct a prompt and transparent investigation and restraint when using live ammunition. She pointed out that the occupation forces killed a child during the incursion into Jenin on Thursday.

For several months, the Israeli army has continued to carry out operations in the northern occupied West Bank, particularly in Nablus and Jenin, purportedly to pursue wanted persons.

Since the beginning of 2023, clashes have escalated in the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, resulting in the death of 87 Palestinians and the death of 14 Israelis in separate operations.


Marches in the West Bank

In the West Bank, 8 Palestinians were injured and dozens suffocated by tear gas and bruises, on Friday, during the dispersal of marches condemning settlements, in the towns of Beit Dajan and Beita in Nablus governorate, Kafr Qaddum in Qalqilya governorate, Al-Lubban Al-Gharbi in Ramallah governorate, and Bab Al-Zawiya neighborhood in central Hebron.

The Palestine Red Crescent Society said in a statement that its teams dealt with dozens of suffocation injuries caused by tear gas inhalation in the towns of Beit Dajan and Beita in the Nablus governorate.

Murad Shteiwi, coordinator of the Popular Resistance Committees in the town of Kafr Qaddum, said in a statement that 8 young men were injured by metal bullets and others suffocated during the Israeli army's suppression of the weekly anti-settlement march.

In Al-Lubban al-Gharbi, the Israeli army dispersed a march condemning the settlements, using live bullets and tear gas canisters, and the occupying forces beat the participants, resulting in bruises for a number of them.

Weekly activities in the West Bank against settlements are taking place in different areas of the West Bank on the lines of contact with the army, which disperses and pursues demonstrators inside their towns.

According to data from the Israeli rights group Peace Now, there are about 666,145 settlers, 140 settlements and <> outposts (not licensed by the Government of Israel) in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.


Demonstrations in Gaza

In the Gaza Strip, dozens participated on Friday afternoon in demonstrations in the city of Khan Yunis and in front of the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza, in support of prisoners in prisons and rejection of Israeli violations in the West Bank.

Participants waved Palestinian flags and banners in solidarity with the West Bank, which has been subjected to ongoing Israeli violations.

Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said that the resistance in the West Bank is expanding, and has become unbreakable, adding that the wave of resistance will not stop until the freedom of the Palestinian people is achieved, expressing the movement's support for those stationed in the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, and for the intifada in the cities of the West Bank.

Qassem warned Israel against escalating its aggression on the West Bank and Jerusalem during the holiday period in Ramadan, adding that what happened in Jenin will not go unpunished.

Gaza witnessed demonstrations in Khan Younis and in front of the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross (Anatolia)

Regarding the issue of the prisoners, the Hamas spokesman said that Israel was trying to break the will of the prisoners with its measures, adding that the resistance believed that the solution to this issue lay in working to free the prisoners.

Since February 14, prisoners have been carrying out disobedience against the procedures and instructions of the Israeli prison administration, in preparation for an open-ended hunger strike at the beginning of Ramadan, according to the Palestinian Prisoners' Club.

The measures against the prisoners, previously announced by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, include the approval of racist bills, most notably the execution of prisoners and the denial of treatment, according to the club.

It also includes controlling the amount of water they use, reducing the duration of bathing, providing them with poor bread, doubling raids and searches, doubling solitary confinement and escalating transfers of captive movement leaders.