What You Need to Know about the Latest Israeli Massacre in Nablus (VIDEO)
From Palestine Chronicle Staff
What happened
Israeli forces raided the occupied West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday morning. Ten Palestinians were killed and 102 others injured in the Israeli attack on one of the most populous Palestinian cities.
The Palestinian Health Ministry, which released the names of Palestinian victims, also said hundreds of Nablus residents were treated for tear gas inhalation as hundreds of canisters were thrown at Palestinian homes and neighborhoods during the raid.
Why
The Israeli military issued a statement after the bloody attack saying the target of their operation was two Palestinian resistance fighters.
A total of ten Palestinians were killed in the raid. Their names according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health are:
- Adnan Saabe Baara, 72,
- Abdul Hadi Abdul Aziz Ashqar, 61,
- Mohammad Farid Shaaban, 16,
- Tamer Nimr Minawi, 33,
- Mohammad Khaled Anbousi, 25,
- Musab Munir Awais, 26,
- Hussam Bassam Isleem, 24,
- Mohammad Abdul Fattah Abdul Ghani, 23,
- Walid Riyad Dkhail, 23,
- Jaser Jamil Qanier, 23.
The timing
Two days before the Israeli raid, the United Nations Security Council, under intense US pressure, failed to vote on a draft resolution condemning illegal Jewish settlements in occupied Palestine.
The draft was a binding resolution that called in part for Israel to “immediately and completely cease all settlement activity in the occupied Palestinian territories.”
Instead, the United Nations Security Council issued a statement criticizing the ongoing construction of illegal Jewish settlements.
Although Israel still protested the statement, some media reports suggested that an agreement had been reached between Israel, the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the US.
According to news website Axios, citing U.S. officials, Israel has agreed to “decrease the number of Israeli military attacks on Palestinian cities” and “take several economic steps that will increase Palestinian tax revenues” in exchange for restoring the so-called “security”. Coordination” and a downgrading of the UN resolution.
The Israeli attack on Nablus shortly after UN criticism and the Washington-brokered deal suggests that Tel Aviv remains unaffected by international criticism and refuses to honor an agreement involving the PA, even if it is Agreement reached through US mediation.
larger context
Moreover, the latest crackdown is a continuation of an Israeli pattern in which occupying Israeli forces raid Palestinian towns and refugee camps, killing large numbers of Palestinians without engaging in prolonged fighting. This last raid, for example, only lasted three hours. These operations and other violent Israeli military tactics have resulted in the killing of 61 Palestinians since the beginning of the year.
Unprecedented violence has also occurred in the past year. In October, UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process Tor Wennesland said 2022 promised to be the deadliest year for Palestinians since the UN began tracking deaths in 2005.
reactions
While international reactions to the recent violence in Nablus remain muted, leading Palestinian resistance groups have warned that the latest Israeli crime will not pass without retribution.
Although war against Gaza remains a possibility, the nature of Palestinian retaliation has changed in recent months, and the Palestinian response could take any form from firing rockets at Israel to attacking occupying soldiers or armed settlers.
(The Palestine Chronicle)