Gazans hold vigil to honor three Palestinians assassinated by Israeli forces
Besieged Gaza Strip (QNN)- Dozens of Gazans held on Wednesday a vigil in Khan Younis city in the southern Gaza Strip, to honor the three Palestinian youths who were shot dead yesterday by Israeli forces’ bullets during a military operation in the Makhfia neighborhood in Nablus.
The protesters were holding pictures of the three Palestinian martyrs and banners that read, “A Grant of Blood,” and “After an honorable resistance, three heros were assassinated in Nablus.”
They were also chanting slogans that honor the three Palestinian martyrs.
مصادر محلية: "وقفة في خانيونس اليوم وفاءً للـــشهداء الثلاثة الذين اغتالهم الاحتلال في مدينة نابلس". pic.twitter.com/JiWoo7w12A
— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) February 9, 2022
Adham Mabrouk, Mohammed Dakheel and Ashraf Mubaslat were all assassinated, on Tuesday afternoon, as they were shot dead by Israeli forces’ bullets during a clandestine military operation in Al-Makhfia neighborhood.
The witnesses said the three youths were inside a car when an Israeli Special Forces Unit, hidden in a civilian vehicle, showered the car with over 80 bullets, and killed them on the spot, before leaving the scene in civilian vehicles (VW Caddy & VW Shattle) and making sure the three are dead.
The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the three deaths, calling the Israeli operation “an assassination,” echoing a statement from the Palestinian foreign ministry which described it as a “field execution”.
BREAKING: Witnesses just confirmed that three Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli gunfire during a clandestine Israeli military operation in Al-Makhfia neighborhood in Nablus, north of the occupied West Bank. pic.twitter.com/7PBwJ17t92
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) February 8, 2022
Israeli media reported that the military operation was in cooperation between the Shin Bet and Israeli occupation forces, claiming they were killed as they belonged to a cell that has been responsible for a series of shootings in the area against Israeli occupation soldiers and settlers in the recent weeks.
A one-day general strike was also observed across the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, in mourning of the three Palestinian youths.
