Top militant commander Ibrahim Al-Nabulsi, 19, including two others were killed by Israeli troops during a raid in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus on (Ashura) 10th Muharram of the first Islamic month.
Al-Nabulsi was killed along Islam Sabbouh, 32, and 16-year-old Hussein Jamal Taha.
As per reports, more than 60 others were wounded, four of whom were in critical condition.
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The Israeli army surrounded a building in the Old City in the morning of Tuesday (Ashura), where al-Nabulsi – the commander of al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, had barricaded himself in, the gunfight between the militants and Israeli troops lasted for several hours.
Al-Nabulsi, was known as “the lion of Nablus”, and escaped many assassination attempts by Israel.
His public appearances at the funerals of his fellow comrades, such as in February and July, had further raised the ire of Israeli forces.
The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade is the armed wing of Fatah – the movement that controls the Palestinian Authority, which has limited self-rule in the West Bank. However, it is a loose network without a clear hierarchy, and local groups often act on their own.
Cities and towns in the occupied West Bank observed a commercial strike in protest of the killings in Nablus.
The strike was held in Nablus, Hebron, Tulkarm, Jenin, Qalqilya, Bethlehem, Ramallah, Salfit, and Tubas, as per Wafa News Agency.
Earlier, Egypt-brokered a ceasefire between Islamic Jihad and Israel which was agreed on Sunday. The ceasefire ended three days of intense fighting that killed 46 Palestinians, 16 of them children, and wounded 360 in the Gaza strip.
