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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Israel kills Palestinian fighters, children in West Bank</h1>
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<span class="gmail-field gmail-field-author"><a href="https://electronicintifada.net/people/ali-abunimah">Ali Abunimah</a></span> - <span class="gmail-field gmail-field-publication-date"><span class="gmail-date-display-single">9 August 2022</span></span> </p>
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<span><img src="https://electronicintifada.net/sites/default/files/styles/original_800w/public/2022-08/090822_nablus_wn_00_49.jpg?itok=A72AXKer×tamp=1660080927" alt="A woman among a group of man carrying a flag-draped stretcher" title="" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img" style="margin-right: 25px;" width="392" height="260"></span><p><font size="1">The
mother of Ibrahim al-Nabulsi, a Palestinian resistance fighter killed
in an Israeli attack in Nablus on 9 August, helps carry her son’s body
in his funeral procession.</font></p>
<font size="1"><span>APA images</span></font><p>As Palestinians in Gaza still reel from Israel’s <a href="https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/tamara-nassar/children-bear-brunt-israels-savagery-gaza">latest rampage</a> of killing and destruction, Tel Aviv turned its deadly rage on the West Bank on Tuesday.</p>
<p>An early morning assault by occupation forces in the Old City of Nablus killed three Palestinians, including a child, and <a href="https://www.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/52908">injured</a> almost 70 with live ammunition.</p>
<p>Hours later, occupation forces fatally shot another Palestinian child in Hebron.</p>
<h2>Indiscriminate fire</h2>
<p>Among the dead in Nablus was Ibrahim Alaa al-Nabulsi, a resistance
fighter who appears to have been the target of a pre-planned
extrajudicial killing, along with a comrade, Islam Sabbouh.</p>
<p>Occupation forces “surrounded the house of al-Nabulsi on Tuesday
morning as armed militants barricaded themselves inside and shot at the
Israeli soldiers,” the newspaper <em>Haaretz</em> <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2022-08-09/ty-article/.premium/israeli-military-raid-sparks-clashes-across-nablus-at-least-8-palestinians-wounded/00000182-8101-d25a-afe2-fdb3a71f0000">claimed</a>.</p>
<p>According to an <a href="https://pchrgaza.org/en/3-palestinians-killed-including-child-and-40-others-wounded-5-in-critical-condition-after-iof-targeted-house-with-gunfire-and-missiles-in-nablus/">investigation</a>
by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, early on Tuesday morning
members of Israel’s special forces unit Yamam “sneaked into al-Habla
neighborhood in Nablus’ Old City and cordoned off an abandoned house in
the area.”</p>
<p>Israeli forces closed off the surrounding neighborhood and then
“heavily opened fire at the one-story house and launched several
missiles at it.”</p>
<p>The resistance fighters exchanged fire with the Israeli attackers but were hopelessly outgunned.</p>
<p>Sabbouh’s body was “badly burnt after the missiles directly hit him, rendering it difficult to identify him,” PCHR stated.</p>
<p>Al-Nabulsi suffered gunshot wounds to the head and neck. He was taken
to hospital where despite efforts to save him he was pronounced dead.</p>
<p>Pictures of Sabbouh and al-Nabulsi circulated widely after their deaths:
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<blockquote><p dir="rtl" lang="ar">وزارة الصحة تعلن أن شهداء مدينة نابلس هم: إبراهيم النابلسي، إسلام صبوح، حسين جمال طه. <a href="https://t.co/vt7i5mFXIN">pic.twitter.com/vt7i5mFXIN</a></p>— وكالة شهاب للأنباء (@ShehabAgency) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShehabAgency/status/1556910561912393730?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid praised the killings as “another step in our uncompromising fight against terrorism.”
<p>“I welcome the combined action of the security organizations, the
Shin Bet, the IDF and the Israel Police, which resulted in a targeted
action with great success and without casualties,” Lapid added, in
apparent confirmation of a pre-planned killing.</p>
<p>Lapid’s reference to there being no casualties – when dozens of
Palestinians were killed or injured – highlights the occupation leader’s
total disregard for Palestinian lives.</p>
<p>In a similar vein on Monday, Lapid <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2022-08-08/ty-article/lapid-civilian-casualties-in-gaza-are-heartbreaking-but-israel-will-not-apologize/00000182-7e6e-dd4c-a9cb-7eefdc0a0000">said</a>
Israel would “not apologize” for its bombing campaign in Gaza, which
left almost 50 Palestinians, including 16 children, dead and hundreds
more injured.</p>
<p>“Whoever tries to harm us will pay with their life,” Lapid said Monday.</p>
<p>The child killed in the Israeli attack on Nablus was identified as
Hussein Jamal Hussein Taha by human rights group Defense for Children
International-Palestine.</p>
<p>The 16-year-old “sustained at least one gunshot wound to his lower abdomen,” the group <a href="https://twitter.com/DCIPalestine/status/1557012127453515778">said</a>.
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<blockquote><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Earlier today, <a href="https://twitter.com/DCIPalestine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DCIPalestine</a>
confirmed that Israeli forces shot and killed 16-year-old Hussein Jamal
Hussein Taha around 8:30 a.m. at the entrance to the old city in
Nablus. <a href="https://t.co/FAfV60oA1D">pic.twitter.com/FAfV60oA1D</a></p>— Brad Parker (@baparkr) <a href="https://twitter.com/baparkr/status/1557029342898798592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The boy’s father, Jamal Taha, was shot and injured.
<p>The father and son had been on their way to work near the area cordoned off by the invading forces, according to PCHR.</p>
<p>Dozens more civilians were injured by what PCHR termed Israel’s “indiscriminate shooting” at “any moving object in the area.”</p>
<p>At least five people, including an elderly woman, are in critical condition, the group said.</p>
<h2>Legend in life and death</h2>
<p>Israel accuses al-Nabulsi, a member of the Fatah-linked Al-Aqsa
Martyrs Brigade, of a series of shooting attacks targeting its
occupation forces.</p>
<p>According to Palestinian media, al-Nabulsi had <a href="https://safa.ps/post/333233/">evaded</a> several previous Israeli assassination attempts over the last year.</p>
<p>The legendary status he gained in life only increased in his final hours and following his death.</p>
<p>In a farewell message recorded while he was surrounded by Israeli
forces, al-Nabulsi expressed his love for his parents and bade them
farewell.</p>
<p>“Protect the country after I am gone,” he told Palestinians, urging that they should never lay down their weapons of resistance.</p>
<p>“I am on my way to martyrdom,” al-Nabulsi said.
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<blockquote><p dir="rtl" lang="ar">تسجيل صوتي متداول للشهيد <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A5%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#إبراهيم_النابلسي</a> يوصي فيه بعدم ترك السلاح.. ووالدة الشهيد "إبراهيم اليوم انتصر.. وكلكم إبراهيم"<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%B3?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#نابلس</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#فلسطين</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D9%87%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A9?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#هنا_المملكة</a> <a href="https://t.co/GeUQjqPSlK">pic.twitter.com/GeUQjqPSlK</a></p>— قناة المملكة (@AlMamlakaTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlMamlakaTV/status/1556951256618483712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Sabbouh also reportedly recorded a brief message, audio of which
circulated online. “We have become martyrs, pray for us,” he said.
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<blockquote><p dir="rtl" lang="ar">تسجيل صوتي للشهيد إسلام صبوح أثناء حصاره اليوم في البلدة القديمة في <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%B3?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#نابلس</a>. <a href="https://t.co/sB1Ao9sybU">pic.twitter.com/sB1Ao9sybU</a></p>— Newpress | نيو برس (@NewpressPs) <a href="https://twitter.com/NewpressPs/status/1556905701292793857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://www.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/52943">Thousands of people</a> turned out for the funeral procession for those killed in Nablus.
<p>And in an unusual scene, al-Nabulsi’s mother participated in bearing his body on her shoulders.
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<blockquote><p dir="rtl" lang="ar">مصادر صحفية: "جماهير
حاشدة تشارك في تشييع إبراهيم النابلسي وإسلام صبوح وحسين طه الذين ارتقوا
في اشتباكات ومواجهات مع قوات الاحتلال بنابلس اليوم" <a href="https://t.co/icT0smGScx">pic.twitter.com/icT0smGScx</a></p>— AlQastal القسطل (@AlQastalps) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlQastalps/status/1556953704435257344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote><p dir="rtl" lang="ar">النابلسي محمولاً على أكتاف والدته خلال تشييع جثمانه في نابلس <a href="https://t.co/2TEivzHYMB">pic.twitter.com/2TEivzHYMB</a></p>— AlQastal القسطل (@AlQastalps) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlQastalps/status/1556966084695171073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Earlier, al-Nabulsi’s father told mourners that his son’s fate was “the
fate of every honorable and free person who carries a free and honorable
gun.”
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<blockquote><p dir="rtl" lang="ar">📹 فيديو صفا| والد الشهيد إبراهيم النابلسي: هذا مصير كل إنسان شريف وحر ويحمل بندقية حرة وشريفة <a href="https://t.co/15lBqbYmzt">pic.twitter.com/15lBqbYmzt</a></p>— وكالة صفا (@SafaPs) <a href="https://twitter.com/SafaPs/status/1556919354536726529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Palestinians declared a <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/9/israel-kill-palestinian-al-aqsa-brigades-commander-nablus">general strike</a> in many towns and cities to protest the Israeli attack.
<p>The killing of the resistance fighters <a href="https://www.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/52941">sparked</a> <a href="https://www.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/52952">protests</a> <a href="https://www.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/52947">across</a> the <a href="https://www.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/52926">West Bank</a>, to which occupation forces responded with live and rubber-coated metal bullets causing numerous injuries.</p>
<p>Amid confrontations in Hebron, occupation forces shot dead another child.</p>
<p>The Palestinian Authority health ministry <a href="https://www.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/52953">said</a> 16-year-old Mumin Yasin Jaber was killed with an exploding bullet that entered his heart.
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<blockquote><div dir="ltr" lang="en"><p>.<a href="https://twitter.com/DCIPalestine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DCIPalestine</a>
confirmed Israeli forces shot and killed 16-year-old Momen Yasin
Mohammad Joude Jaber around 5 p.m. today in the Bab Al-Zawyeh area of
Hebron. He was shot in the chest with live ammunition.</p><p>Momen is the second Palestinian boy killed today by Israeli forces. <a href="https://t.co/W4hezqgrXG">pic.twitter.com/W4hezqgrXG</a></p></div>— Brad Parker (@baparkr) <a href="https://twitter.com/baparkr/status/1557029338238930944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/mohps/posts/pfbid0W3zoKJNC2VbhtsgM2uxVE9RbbJhwsbVHecdpamGw5DiiF73DDu5Q18AnHswgLAAcl">According</a>
to the PA health ministry, the latest deaths in the West Bank and Gaza
bring the number of Palestinians killed by Israel this year to 130.
<p>That includes more than 30 children.</p>
<p>“Resistance has never stopped because of the killing its leaders or
wanted persons, but the occupier refuses to understand this,” Yasser
Ashour, a Palestinian social media commenter, observed.
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<blockquote><p dir="rtl" lang="ar">ما عمرها المقاومة توقفت باغتيال القادة والمطاردين، بس احتلالنا ما بيستوعب. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%B3?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#نابلس</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#غزة</a></p>— Yasser (@yasserashour95) <a href="https://twitter.com/yasserashour95/status/1556917843664461824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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That sentiment was echoed by Ibrahim al-Nabulsi’s mother.
<p>“They shot Ibrahim. But there are 100 Ibrahims. Every one of you is
Ibrahim,” she told mourners, adding that her son “is more precious than
my soul.”
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<blockquote><p dir="rtl" lang="ar">واليوم والدة الشهيد <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ابراهيم_النابلسي</a>، تقول كلمتها من فلسطين: "ما رأيت إلا جميلا".<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#فلسطين</a> <a href="https://t.co/bl1QBuRjwx">pic.twitter.com/bl1QBuRjwx</a></p>— هبة البِني (@HIBA_BN95) <a href="https://twitter.com/HIBA_BN95/status/1556923571229818881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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