Israeli forces assassinate Palestinian resistance fighter in Nablus military raid
Nablus (QNN)- Israeli occupation forces assassinated on Tuesday Palestinian resistance fighter Ibrahim al-Nabulsi during a military raid centred on a house in the Old City in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus.
Nabulsi, one of the most wanted resistance fighters by the Israeli occupation forces in Nablus and the head of Fatah’s armed wing, al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, was shot and seriously injured during exchanges of fire with Israeli soldiers in the heart of Nablus’ old city, this morning, local sources reported.
He was later announced dead in Rafidia Hospital, along with Islam Sabouh, 32, and Hussain Jamal Taha, 16.
Al-Nabulsi was inside a house which was cordoned off and blown up by the Israeli forces who fired an anti-tank missile toward it, killing him and Sabouh.
Video | Media coverage: "The moment when the body of a Palestinian martyr was pulled out from the house that had been attacked and bombed with missiles by the Israeli occupation forces in the Old City of Nablus." pic.twitter.com/YDMyfjvsGn
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) August 9, 2022
At least 40 more Palestinians were also wounded during confrontations with Israeli soldiers in the same raid. Taha was injured and killed during the furious confrontations.
Media coverage: "The moment when the Israeli occupation forces shot with live bullets a Palestinian youth during confrontations erupted early this morning in occupied West Bank city of Nablus. More than 14 Palestinians have been injured so far, one injury is critical." pic.twitter.com/FvwNgrPfKn
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) August 9, 2022
BREAKING | Media coverage: "Gunfights are going on until this moment between Palestinian resistance fighters and Israeli occupation forces attacking the Old City of Nablus in the occupied West Bank." pic.twitter.com/L5VjN4cTIK
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) August 9, 2022
BREAKING | Media coverage: "The Palestinan Red Crescent says Israeli occupation army is denying access of its paramedics to the area of the Israeli attack in the Old City of Nablus, where are least four injuries are reported, including a woman." pic.twitter.com/4ozl0vXJUh
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) August 9, 2022
Israeli occupation forces have attacked and tried to assassinate Nabulsi several times previously, most recently on July 24 when he and a group of fighters were surrounded in a home in the al-Yasmina neighbourhood in the Old City in Nablus. He got out alive after heavy confrontation, while two other resistance fighters, Mohammad Azizi, 25, and Abdelrahman Soboh, 28, were assassinated. Al-Nabulsi decided then to show up at Soboh and Azizi’s funerals.
Reports also say the first known attempt to arrest Nablusi is believed to have happened in February, during a clandestine military operation in Al-Makhfia neighbourhood. He was initially thought to be among the three youths killed that day, before he emerged once again alive at their funerals.
In a recording that was circulated on social media just before his assassination, al-Nabulsi declares: “I love you all, I am now going to die a martyr’s death. Take care of the homeland. I am asking that you never leave your weapons. I love my mother, pray for me. I am surrounded now but I will fight until I become a martyr.”
