Huge crowds attended the funeral of the martyrs Fathi Rizk, Abdullah Abu Hamdan and Muhammad Abu Zaytoun, who martyred when Israeli occupation forces stormed the Balata refugee camp, east of the city of Nablus.
Huge crowds bid farewell to the three Palestinians who were killed by the lsraeli occupation forces in Balata refugee camp, Nablus. pic.twitter.com/UDLBVgaZjO
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The Islamic Resistance Movement “Hamas” mourned the martyrs, stressing that the account bill with the occupation is open.
The movement said that the heroic run-over operation in Hawara on Sunday evening was the first, and not the last, response.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced, at dawn today, Monday, that three were martyred and 3 others were wounded by the occupation bullets, during the storming of Balata camp and besieging a house.
lsraeli occupation forces raid Balata camp, Nablus. pic.twitter.com/ria46WEbSG
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Furthermore, emergency ambulance crews were reportedly prevented from reaching the injured individuals. The Nablus Battalion – Balata Groups announced that its Resistance fighters had clashed with the Israeli occupation forces in multiple areas causing substantial damage.
lsraeli occupation forces prevent Palestinian paramedics from attending to the injured in Balata camp, Nablus. pic.twitter.com/x4XRfuDkuc
— TIMES OF GAZA (@Timesofgaza) May 22, 2023
Massive Destruction
witnesses stated that the occupation forces raided 25 houses in Balata camp, and proceeded to blow up a number of houses, including the house of the persecuted Abdullah Abu Shalal, one of the leaders of the Balata camp battalion, whom the occupation forces failed to arrest for the fourth time in a row, in addition to blowing up a cafe in the center of Balata camp.
More than 400 lsraeli occupation soldiers participate in a military raid targeting Balata camp where they murdered three Palestinians. pic.twitter.com/TmbQVa8MA1
— TIMES OF GAZA (@Timesofgaza) May 22, 2023
Violent Clashes
For its part, the Nablus Battalion – Balata Groups announced that its mujahideen had engaged in clashes with the occupation forces, which stormed the Balata camp in more than one axis with intense bullets and explosive devices.
In the context, the leader of the Hamas movement, Ismail Radwan, said that the occupation is committing a new massacre in Balata camp, east of Nablus, at dawn today.
Leader Radwan stressed that the blood of the martyrs will not be wasted and will be a curse on the Zionist occupation, blaming the occupation for the full responsibility for the repercussions of the assassination crime. He called on the resistance in the West Bank to respond to this crime by escalating the clashes and carrying out heroic operations in the Zionist rear.
For its part, the Islamic Jihad movement mourned a number of Palestinian martyrs who martyred during the response to the aggression of the occupation forces on the Balata camp in Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
Source: Agencies (edited by Al-Manar English Website)