The Palestinian health minister says that the ages of those who died in Nablus as a result of Israeli aggression are between 16 and 72 years.
The Palestinian Health Minister says that 10 Palestinians, including a young man, have been killed by Israeli army fire in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday, while around 80 Palestinians have been injured by bullets.
Hussein al-Sheikh, a senior Palestinian official, called the incident a "massacre" and demanded that international protection be given to our people.
The number of people who died in this shooting incident is the same as the number of Palestinians who died in the operation of the Israeli army in Jenin last month. The Jenin incident was the deadliest operation since 2005.
The Palestinian health minister says that the ages of those who died in Nablus as a result of Israeli aggression are between 16 and 72 years. According to him, 82 other injured persons have been shifted to various hospitals that have received bullet injuries.
Mustafa Shaheen, a resident of Nablus city, tells about the incident and that he was shocked to hear the sound of the explosion around 9:30 AM local time.
A large number of soldiers entered and surrounded the area he told AFP. During this time, we heard continuous firing A TV journalist told AFP that among the wounded was a fellow journalist, Mohammad Al-Khatib, who was shot in the hand.
On the other hand, in one of its statements, the Israeli army has described the incident of firing as an operation on the "hideout" of suspected "militants". The Israeli army has further said that during this time they were also fired back, but their personnel remained safe
