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Israeli forces surrounded the house of Ibrahim al-Nabulsi a
senior commander of the Fatah's Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades
militant group long on Israel's wanted list, calling him to
exit, witnesses and the military said.
Al-Nabulsi, barricaded inside with other militants, refused to
surrender and a gun battle followed with Israeli forces also
using shoulder-fired missiles in the fighting.
Palestinian health officials confirmed al-Nabulsi and another
militant were killed and said 40 more people were injured, many
in confrontations that erupted following the shoot-out. There
were no reports of Israeli casualties.
The deadly clash, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, came
less than two days after Israel and the Palestinian Islamic
Jihad militant group ended three days of fighting in Gaza - the
worst flare-up since May 2021, with their truce largely holding.
Al-Nabulsi, was a member of the recently formed "Nablus
Brigade", a Palestinian militant alliance in the city which also
includes Islamic Jihad's gunmen.
The Israeli military said he was suspected of carrying out
several shooting attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers.
Israel has stepped up raids in recent months in the West Bank
after men from the area carried out deadly street attacks in
Israel. The Western-backed Palestinian Authority regularly
condemns such incursions.
(Reporting by Ali Sawafta in Nablus, Nidal al-Mughrabi in Gaza
and Maayan Lubell in Jerusalem; Writing by Maayan Lubell;
Editing by Kenneth Maxwell)
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