Israeli forces continued their aggression in the West Bank, in parallel with their ongoing warfare on the Gaza Strip, which has lasted three months. Tulkarm city was the scene of a brutal attack that left three Palestinians dead in the Aktaba suburb to the east of the city, in addition to the arrest of a fourth individual.
Eyewitnesses confirmed that the Israeli forces fired directly at the heads of the three Palestinians.
Special Israeli units had infiltrated the suburb with the intention of arresting wanted individuals when armed clashes erupted with resistance fighters in the city.
According to the Anadolu Agency, citing the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the three martyrs were identified as Yusuf Ali Al-Khouli (22 years old), Ahed Salman Musa (23 years old), and Tarek Amjad Shaheen (24 years old), bringing the number of martyrs in the West Bank to 340 since October 7th, in addition to 3,949 injured, according to ministry data.
Incursion, Siege, and Clashes
Palestinian Television reported that Israeli forces stormed the city of Tulkarm, surrounded a house and a vehicle in the Aktaba suburb, concurrently with clashes with Palestinian fighters.
The report added that the Israeli military shot the three young men, leaving them bleeding, and arrested another wounded young man. After their withdrawal, ambulances were able to reach the victims and transport them to the Thabet Thabet Government Hospital in Tulkarm.
In a brief statement, the Palestinian Red Crescent said its teams transported a 21-year-old man to the same hospital after he was injured by live ammunition in the lower back.
Late on Monday evening, Al Jazeera's correspondent reported that the occupation forces began storming the city of Qalqilya in the northern West Bank from all axes.
Since October 7th, the Israeli army has intensified its raids and incursions into villages and towns in the West Bank and Jerusalem, in coordination with a destructive and ongoing war against the Gaza Strip, which, according to the Gaza authorities and the United Nations, had resulted in 22,835 deaths and 58,416 injuries as of Sunday, causing immense destruction to the infrastructure and an unprecedented humanitarian disaster.
