Five Palestinians Martyred in “Israeli” Missile Strike on West Bank Refugee Camp

By Staff, Agencies

At least five Palestinians have been martyred and several more sustained injuries when an “Israeli” air strike targeted a building at a refugee camp on the outskirts of the central occupied West Bank city of Nablus, according to health officials and aid workers.

The official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that the aerial strike targeted the local headquarters of the Palestinian Fatah resistance movement at Balata refugee camp early on Saturday.

Witnesses said the strike appeared to have come from a drone, though there was no immediate confirmation.

Local sources indicated that a number of young men were present in the building, including a number of those persecuted by the Israeli military.

The Palestine Red Crescent Society [PRCS] announced in a statement that its medics were dealing with five serious injuries from the attack, all of them men ranging from 19 to 25 years in age.

The “Israeli” newspaper Haaretz reported that four of those martyred were affiliated with al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade, the armed wing of the Fatah faction.

Elsewhere in the northeastern West Bank city of Tubas, an 18-year-old Palestinian, identified as Omar al-Shahrouri, was martyred and two others injured as clashes broke out after “Israeli” Occupation Forces [IOF] troops stormed the area in large numbers.

Palestinian medics said three young men suffered from gunshot injuries during the clashes. One of them was pronounced dead upon his arrival at hospital.

Earlier on Friday, “Israeli” forces shot and murdered two young Palestinian men over an alleged shooting attempt in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.

The “Israeli” military alleged in a statement that the pair arrived in a car at the Zaytoun Junction near the city of al-Khalil, located 30 kilometers [19 miles] south of al-Quds [Jerusalem], and opened fire on “Israeli” troops stationed there. The soldiers then fatally shot both of them.

“Israeli” forces have escalated raids on Palestinian towns and villages and carried out a sweeping campaign of arrests in the occupied West Bank, where Palestinians have held protests in solidarity with their compatriots in the Gaza Strip.

At least 186 Palestinians, including 51 children, have been murdered by “Israeli” troops in the West Bank since the Gaza war erupted in early October. An additional eight have been murdered by “Israeli” settlers, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry figures.

The “Israeli” entity started its war on Gaza on October 7 after resistance groups launched Operation al-Aqsa Flood in response to the regime’s intensified crimes against Palestinians.

Since then the Palestinian death toll from “Israeli” strikes has climbed to 11,240, including 4,630 children and 3,130 women. More than 28,000 people have been also injured in the regime’s military onslaught.

The apartheid entity has also blocked supply of water, food, electricity, and medicines to Gaza, plunging the coastal area into a humanitarian crisis. The regime has been defying global calls for a ceasefire as well.