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Massive numbers of Israeli forces have entered the city of Nablus and a minimum of 20 different Palestinians have been wounded.
At the very least three Palestinians have been killed and 19 wounded throughout clashes with Israeli forces within the metropolis of Nablus within the occupied West Financial institution, Palestinian officers mentioned.
The violence erupted early Tuesday morning after giant numbers of Israeli forces entered the city of Nablus and had been noticed by Palestinian safety forces and armed fighters, in keeping with a spokesperson for the Palestinian Fatah motion.
“There are three useless and 19 wounded, three of them critically, by Israeli hearth in Nablus”, the Palestinian Well being Ministry mentioned in a short assertion. A kind of killed was unarmed, Palestinian well being and safety officers mentioned.
The Israeli army mentioned solely that their forces had been working in Nablus however gave no additional particulars.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is establishing “pressing contacts with the intention to cease this aggression in opposition to our individuals” in Nablus, his spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh mentioned in an announcement.
“All of this may have harmful and damaging penalties,” Abu Rudeineh mentioned on Palestine TV.
Armed confrontations had been persevering with in and across the Outdated Metropolis of Nablus within the north of the occupied West Financial institution, mentioned Al Jazeera’s Nida Ibrahim, reporting from Ramallah.
“We’re listening to native sources calling this a ‘scene from hell’. We’re listening to that giant numbers of Israeli forces have been pushed inside town,” Ibrahim mentioned. Nablus has been besieged by Israeli forces for greater than two weeks already, she added.
“We’ve seen Israeli forces closing down town as a result of they are saying that they’re desirous about monitoring down a bunch calling itself the Lions’ Den”, Ibrahim mentioned, including that the group not too long ago claimed duty for a taking pictures assault that killed an Israeli soldier.
Ibrahim mentioned the reported variety of casualties is predicted to extend because the clashes are ongoing.
On Sunday, the Lions’ Den armed group mentioned that one in all its fighters, Tamer al-Kilani, was killed when an explosive system planted on a bike exploded within the Outdated Metropolis of Nablus.
The group described al-Kilani as one in all its “fiercest fighters” and blamed Israel for the blast that killed him as he walked previous.
The Israeli army declined to touch upon the declare that it was behind the killing.
Israeli forces have been conducting nightly raids within the occupied West Financial institution since March in what it says is a bid to dismantle armed networks and thwart assaults.
In Might, Israeli troopers shot and killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh whereas she was on project in Jenin, within the occupied West Financial institution.
Abu Akleh was sporting a press vest and was standing with different journalists when she was shot useless in a case that has been described as a focused killing by Israeli forces.