PIJ: Israel’s killing of 3 Palestinians was another example of PA’s security collaboration
Occupied Palestine (QNN)- The Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement (PIJ) denounced Israel’s killing of three Palestinian youths during a military operation yesterday in Nablus, saying this was “another example of the Palestinian Authority’s security collaboration with the occupation.”
In a statement issued on Tuesday following Israel’s assassination of the three Palestinians, the Islamic Jihad called the operation as “cowardly,” accusing the PA of complicity in the killings while its leadership “is busy making personal gains.”
“These killings will never extinguish the flame of Palestinian resistance against the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land,” the Islamic Jihad noted.
“Moreover, this crime will not go unpunished, which will prove that the Palestinian resistance will continue and PA security collaboration will not protect Israeli settlers.”
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”.
It identified the victims as members of the military wing of Fatah, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.
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
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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.
