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NABLUS — Israeli security forces killed a Palestinian militant commander and another militant on Tuesday in a shootout in the occupied West Bank, the military said, citing a Palestinian 16-year-old. It sparked further clashes in which young people were also killed. surrounded the house of Nablussi.
Al Nablushi, barricaded inside, refused to surrender and was killed along with another militant during a shootout with Israeli forces. The Israeli military also used shoulder-launched missiles in combat, the military said.
A shootout in Nablus, a city in the northern West Bank, has come after Israeli-Palestinian militants Islamic Jihad ended his three-day fighting in Gaza. Worst in over a year, making it the deadliest incident in the district.
Al-Nabulsi was a member of the recently formed "Nabulus Brigades". The city's Palestinian militant group also includes Islamic Jihad militants. Hours after the shootout, tens of thousands of people attended his funeral and sought revenge.
A gunfight ensued followed by clashes, during which the military said Palestinians threw stones and explosives at soldiers in response to live ammunition.
Islamic Jihad said a 16-year-old boy was killed while participating in clashes with Israeli forces.
Palestinian health officials confirmed three deaths in him, saying a total of 40 more were injured. There were no reports of Israeli casualties.
The Israeli military said it suspected al-Nablushi had carried out several shooting attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers.
Israel has ramped up raids in the West Bank in recent months after men from the region staged deadly street attacks in Israel. The Western-backed Palestinian authorities regularly condemn such aggression.
At least 44 Palestinians, at least half of them civilians, were killed in the three-day Israeli offensive on Gaza, ending with a ceasefire between Israel and Islamic Jihad on 7 August, according to Palestinian authorities. rice field. No Israeli casualties have been reported as the militants fired more than 1,000 rockets in southern Israel, many of which were intercepted by Israeli defenses.
(Reported by Ali Sawafta of Nablus, Nidal al-Mugrabi of Gaza, Maayan Lebel of Jerusalem, Written by Maayan Lebel, Edited by Kenneth Maxwell)
