Tensions are high in Nablus, the occupied West Bank, as the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) assassinated three young Palestinians on Tuesday.
Palestinian media has reported the news, stating that the IOF opened fire at the vehicle the young men were travelling in before refusing to permit ambulance crews from accessing the site of the assassination.
The Red Crescent Society in Nablus said, “Our vehicles scrambled to the site, but they were prevented from entry. We contacted the Red Cross, but our cars were treated arbitrarily and prevented us from arriving.”
BREAKING: Israeli occupation troops shot and murdered three Palestinian, who have not been identified yet, in the Jabal Jirzim in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus. pic.twitter.com/IGkjVMRGgf
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According to Palestinian news agency WAFA reported earlier that two young men were injured in Nablus during confrontations with the Israeli occupation forces after they encircled a house in the governorate’s east.
Furthermore, hours before the IOF assassination in Nablus, Israeli media reported that an Israeli-owned bus transporting illegal Israeli settlers came under fire in Huwara, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. The IOF confirmed that no injuries were reported, with an additional statement added that the occupation forces were blocking roads and combing the area in search of the shooters.
In Pictures: Israeli occupation forces closed the town of Hawara, south of Nablus, after a shooting operation carried out against a settler bus, which came in response to Israel’s killing of the two Palestinian teenagers, Mohammed Al-Bayed and Fawzi Makhalfa. pic.twitter.com/3yt2BlHwuL
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) July 25, 2023
The IOF upped their level of alert in the vicinity of Nablus following these confrontations, as well as closing the entrance to Beita before requiring shops owned in Huwara to shut their businesses.
WATCH: Israeli occupation forces prevent medical staff and journalists from reaching the incident where the three Palestinian men were assassinated by the occupation forces in the Jabal Jirzim in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus. pic.twitter.com/xO1PSJfUY5
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) July 25, 2023
As tensions continue to grapple the region, the Red Crescent Society in Nablus has struggled to access the assassination site to evacuate the victims.
Source: Palestinian Agencies (edited by Al-Manar English Website)
