{"id":6767,"date":"2023-05-04T11:31:23","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T10:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=6767"},"modified":"2023-05-04T11:39:39","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T10:39:39","slug":"israeli-forces-killed-3-palestinians-unleash-new-wave-of-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/analysis\/defense\/israeli-forces-killed-3-palestinians-unleash-new-wave-of-violence\/2023\/05\/04\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli forces killed 3 Palestinians ,unleash new wave of violence"},"content":{"rendered":"

WEST<\/span> BANK<\/span> (Reuters)<\/span> –<\/span> Israeli<\/span> forces<\/span> on<\/span> Thursday<\/span> killed<\/span> three<\/span> wanted<\/span> Palestinian<\/span> militants<\/span> in<\/span> connection<\/span> with<\/span> a<\/span> shooting<\/span> attack<\/span> that<\/span> killed<\/span> a<\/span> British-Israeli<\/span> woman<\/span> and<\/span> her<\/span> two<\/span> daughters,<\/span> the<\/span> Israeli<\/span> military<\/span> said.<\/span><\/p>\n

In<\/span> a<\/span> rare<\/span> break-in<\/span> the<\/span> day<\/span> residents<\/span> started<\/span> their<\/span> day,<\/span> the<\/span> military<\/span> broke<\/span> into<\/span> the<\/span> center<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> hotspot<\/span> city<\/span> of<\/span> Nablus<\/span> and<\/span> stormed<\/span> the<\/span> apartment<\/span> where<\/span> the<\/span> man<\/span> was<\/span> staying,<\/span> according<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> military.<\/span> It<\/span> unfolded<\/span> and<\/span> three<\/span> people<\/span> died.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> military<\/span> says<\/span> the<\/span> men<\/span> behind<\/span> a<\/span> car<\/span> attack<\/span> near<\/span> a<\/span> Jewish<\/span> settlement<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> West<\/span> Bank<\/span> last<\/span> month<\/span> killed<\/span> two<\/span> of<\/span> them,<\/span> Anglo-Israeli<\/span> mother<\/span> Lucy<\/span> Dee<\/span> and<\/span> her<\/span> daughters<\/span> Maya<\/span> and<\/span> Lina.<\/span> said<\/span> there<\/span> was<\/span> The<\/span> woman’s<\/span> widow,<\/span> Leo<\/span> Dee,<\/span> told<\/span> the<\/span> Associated<\/span> Press<\/span> that<\/span> she<\/span> was<\/span> “consoled”<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> news<\/span> of<\/span> her<\/span> death.<\/span> In<\/span> a<\/span> statement<\/span> after<\/span> the<\/span> attack,<\/span> the<\/span> Hamas<\/span> militant<\/span> group,<\/span> whose<\/span> members<\/span> were<\/span> three<\/span> men<\/span> identified<\/span> as<\/span> Hassan<\/span> Qatnani,<\/span> Moaz<\/span> al-Masri<\/span> and<\/span> Ibrahim<\/span> Jabr,<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> group<\/span> had<\/span> claimed<\/span> responsibility<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> April<\/span> attack.<\/span>\u00a0
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\n<\/span>A<\/span> 26-year-old<\/span> Palestinian<\/span> woman<\/span> died<\/span> in<\/span> an<\/span> Israeli<\/span> fire<\/span> on<\/span> Thursday<\/span> after<\/span> another<\/span> incident<\/span> occurred<\/span> near<\/span> the<\/span> West<\/span> Bank<\/span> city<\/span> of<\/span> Hawala,<\/span> where<\/span> a<\/span> 20-year-old<\/span> Israeli<\/span> was<\/span> slightly<\/span> injured<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> knife<\/span> attack.<\/span><\/p>\n

In<\/span> Nablus,<\/span> an<\/span> Israeli<\/span> artillery<\/span> shell<\/span> pierced<\/span> the<\/span> roof<\/span> of<\/span> a<\/span> gunman’s<\/span> shelter<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> heart<\/span> of<\/span> Nablus’<\/span> old<\/span> city,<\/span> leaving<\/span> nothing<\/span> in<\/span> its<\/span> wake,<\/span> but<\/span> twisted<\/span> metal,<\/span> cement<\/span> blocks,<\/span> and<\/span> torn<\/span> pieces.<\/span> The<\/span> mattress<\/span> was<\/span> still<\/span> stained<\/span> with<\/span> blood.<\/span> A<\/span> few<\/span> hours<\/span> after<\/span> the<\/span> troops<\/span> left,<\/span> a<\/span> young<\/span> man<\/span> collected<\/span> dozens<\/span> of<\/span> ejected<\/span> shells<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> narrow<\/span> street.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Nablus,<\/span> the<\/span> West<\/span> Bank’s<\/span> commercial<\/span> center<\/span> and<\/span> second-largest<\/span> city,<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> subjected<\/span> to<\/span> repeated<\/span> Israeli<\/span> raids<\/span> over<\/span> the<\/span> past<\/span> year,<\/span> but<\/span> the<\/span> risk<\/span> of<\/span> friction<\/span> with<\/span> local<\/span> residents<\/span> has<\/span> increased<\/span> during<\/span> the<\/span> day.<\/span> Few<\/span> raids<\/span> were<\/span> made.<\/span> Residents<\/span> have<\/span> been<\/span> involved<\/span> in<\/span> previous<\/span> battles.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Manal<\/span> Abu<\/span> Safiye,<\/span> 57,<\/span> said<\/span> he<\/span> woke<\/span> up<\/span> at<\/span> 7<\/span> a.m.<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> sound<\/span> of<\/span> Israeli<\/span> military<\/span> vehicles<\/span> driving<\/span> around<\/span> the<\/span> city.<\/span> It<\/span> was<\/span> nothing<\/span> new<\/span> to<\/span> her<\/span> after<\/span> a<\/span> year<\/span> of<\/span> intense<\/span> violence<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Old<\/span> Town,<\/span> but<\/span> the<\/span> gunshots<\/span> sounded<\/span> closer<\/span> than<\/span> she<\/span> had<\/span> ever<\/span> heard<\/span> before.<\/span> An<\/span> explosion<\/span> suddenly<\/span> blew<\/span> up<\/span> her<\/span> neighbor’s<\/span> house,<\/span> killing<\/span> three<\/span> people,<\/span> she<\/span> said.<\/span> She<\/span> didn’t<\/span> know<\/span> much<\/span> about<\/span> her<\/span> neighbors,<\/span> she<\/span> said,<\/span> except<\/span> that<\/span> Ibrahim<\/span> Jabr<\/span> had<\/span> cancer.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>One<\/span> man,<\/span> who<\/span> only<\/span> identified<\/span> himself<\/span> as<\/span> Kareem<\/span> for<\/span> fear<\/span> of<\/span> retaliation,<\/span> was<\/span> walking<\/span> along<\/span> a<\/span> limestone<\/span> path<\/span> when<\/span> an<\/span> elderly<\/span> man<\/span> and<\/span> a<\/span> woman<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> long<\/span> robe<\/span> were<\/span> attacked<\/span> by<\/span> a<\/span> Muslim<\/span> woman<\/span> she<\/span> had<\/span> never<\/span> seen<\/span> before.<\/span> As<\/span> soon<\/span> as<\/span> they<\/span> saw<\/span> him,<\/span> they<\/span> said<\/span> they<\/span> knew<\/span> who<\/span> they<\/span> were.<\/span> It<\/span> was<\/span> an<\/span> Israeli<\/span> special<\/span> forces<\/span> unit.<\/span> He<\/span> ran<\/span> to<\/span> his<\/span> house<\/span> and<\/span> hid<\/span> there<\/span> until<\/span> the<\/span> gunfire<\/span> stopped.<\/span> “So<\/span> many<\/span> men<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> city<\/span> have<\/span> been<\/span> killed,”<\/span> he<\/span> said.<\/span> “We<\/span> are<\/span> used<\/span> to<\/span> these<\/span> raids.<\/span> That’s<\/span> the<\/span> story<\/span> of<\/span> life<\/span> in<\/span> Nablus.”<\/span>
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\n<\/span>After<\/span> the<\/span> army<\/span> left,<\/span> dozens<\/span> of<\/span> masked<\/span> men<\/span> fired<\/span> into<\/span> the<\/span> air<\/span> and<\/span> paraded<\/span> through<\/span> the<\/span> streets<\/span> waving<\/span> Palestinian<\/span> flags<\/span> as<\/span> onlookers<\/span> honked<\/span> their<\/span> horns<\/span> and<\/span> cheered.<\/span> At<\/span> a<\/span> man’s<\/span> funeral,<\/span> many<\/span> mourners<\/span> sang<\/span> “God<\/span> is<\/span> Great.”<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> violence<\/span> in<\/span> Nablus<\/span> occurred<\/span> at<\/span> a<\/span> particularly<\/span> sensitive<\/span> time<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> region.<\/span> It<\/span> comes<\/span> just<\/span> days<\/span> after<\/span> a<\/span> prominent<\/span> Palestinian<\/span> prisoner<\/span> died<\/span> in<\/span> Israeli<\/span> custody<\/span> after<\/span> going<\/span> on<\/span> a<\/span> lengthy<\/span> hunger<\/span> strike<\/span> over<\/span> being<\/span> held<\/span> in<\/span> custody.<\/span> His<\/span> death<\/span> sparked<\/span> a<\/span> volley<\/span> of<\/span> rockets<\/span> from<\/span> militants<\/span> in<\/span> Gaza<\/span> and<\/span> Israeli<\/span> air<\/span> strikes<\/span> on<\/span> a<\/span> coastal<\/span> enclave,<\/span> killing<\/span> one<\/span> man.<\/span> The<\/span> fatal<\/span> attack<\/span> on<\/span> an<\/span> Israeli<\/span> car<\/span> last<\/span> month<\/span> shocked<\/span> Israelis<\/span> as<\/span> it<\/span> instantly<\/span> reduced<\/span> the<\/span> Dee<\/span> family<\/span> from<\/span> seven<\/span> members<\/span> to<\/span> four.<\/span> Leo,<\/span> the<\/span> father,<\/span> has<\/span> repeatedly<\/span> appeared<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Israeli<\/span> media,<\/span> saying<\/span> he<\/span> harbors<\/span> no<\/span> hatred<\/span> for<\/span> those<\/span> who<\/span> killed<\/span> his<\/span> family<\/span> and<\/span> calls<\/span> for<\/span> national<\/span> unity<\/span> amid<\/span> deep<\/span> social<\/span> rifts.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“Thank<\/span> God<\/span> that<\/span> this<\/span> was<\/span> done<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> way<\/span> that<\/span> saved<\/span> the<\/span> lives<\/span> of<\/span> soldiers<\/span> and,<\/span> as<\/span> far<\/span> as<\/span> we<\/span> know,<\/span> caused<\/span> minimal<\/span> if<\/span> not<\/span> zero<\/span> civilian<\/span> casualties.<\/span> It<\/span> is<\/span> very<\/span> important<\/span> to<\/span> us<\/span> that<\/span> no<\/span> Palestinian<\/span> people<\/span> were<\/span> harmed<\/span> in<\/span> this<\/span> operation,”<\/span> Leo<\/span> Dee<\/span> told<\/span> the<\/span> Associated<\/span> Press<\/span> from<\/span> his<\/span> home<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Jewish<\/span> settlement<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> West<\/span> Bank<\/span> of<\/span> Ephrat.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Israeli<\/span> officials<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> raids<\/span> showed<\/span> the<\/span> attackers<\/span> would<\/span> eventually<\/span> be<\/span> hunted<\/span> down.<\/span> Israeli<\/span> Prime<\/span> Minister<\/span> Benjamin<\/span> Netanyahu<\/span> said<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> statement:<\/span> “Our<\/span> message<\/span> to<\/span> those<\/span> who<\/span> seek<\/span> to<\/span> harm<\/span> us<\/span> is<\/span> to<\/span> get<\/span> along<\/span> with<\/span> you,<\/span> whether<\/span> it<\/span> takes<\/span> a<\/span> day,<\/span> a<\/span> week<\/span> or<\/span> a<\/span> month.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WEST BANK (Reuters) – Israeli forces on Thursday killed three wanted Palestinian militants in connection with a shooting attack that killed a British-Israeli woman and her two daughters, the Israeli military said. In a rare break-in the day residents started their day, the military broke into the center of the hotspot city of Nablus and […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[2447,2452,2457,26,252,276],"tags":[4601,4602,4603,4604,4605,646,4606,1544,4607,1548,1713,1714,3345,3346,3457,4598,4599,4600],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/images.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6767"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6767"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6770,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6767\/revisions\/6770"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}