Four Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Nablus
The Palestine Red Crescent Society says four men have been killed by Israeli special forces in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus.
According to initial reports, the attack was carried out by Israeli Special Forces in the centre of Nablus City. The Palestinian news agency Wafa reports that an undercover Israeli unit “sneaked their way into the city and opened gunfire on a vehicle”.
Palestinian factions have called for a general strike on Thursday in Nablus in response to the attack.
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz and Israeli Army Radio, citing the Israeli military, the Israeli Police and domestic security agency Shin Bet, say that five people were killed in the incident.
Palestinian people inspect the car that was hit by bullets in which four Palestinians were reportedly killed by Israeli special forces in the West Bank city of Nablus, Wednesday
Knife attack ‘very concerning for Israeli security establishment'
We know that the Israeli police have identified the attacker as a Palestinian citizen of Israel. The attack happened in three different locations in Hadera, injuring more than nine people. One of them, at least, is described in very critical condition.
Of course, this is very concerning for the Israeli security establishment, which has gone to great lengths to separate the Palestinian-Israeli community from Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
It declared, as part of its objectives, to make sure that there would be no signs of expressions of solidarity – no protests, no rallies, but certainly not any solidarity attacks.
And this comes after 2021, when another war on Gaza was raging, and there were wide protests and actions all across Israel from Palestinian-Israeli citizens.
This is the second attack by a Palestinian-Israeli citizen, and the minister of national security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, was highlighting the importance of his policy of handing out weapons to Jewish-Israeli citizens, so that they can take out such attackers and save, as he said, human lives.
