Wide-scale raid and invasion on Al-Ain R.C. (Nablus)

At dawn on March 19, Israeli soldiers killed a young Palestinian man and wounded several others during an invasion of the Ein Al-Ain, Balata, and Askar refugee camps in Nablus, northern occupied West Bank.

• Israeli undercover forces infiltrated Ein Al-Ain Refugee Camp and opened fire on a car, killing Odai Adel Al-Qatouni, who was near the targeted vehicle. Then they blocked an ambulance from reaching a vehicle targeted by gunfire. They finally seized his body.

Protests erupted in the camp, during which three civilians were injured:

• Farouq Rashid Khaled was shot in the abdomen and hand before being abducted.

• Another Palestinian was injured after being physically assaulted.

• A third was wounded after falling from a height while being chased. Israeli forces stormed homes, deployed snipers on rooftops, and conducted extensive searches, abducting multiple individuals, including Jarrah Arafat and Ahmad Saleem Mahmoud Jibreel.

• On the morning, the soldiers remained stationed inside Al-Ein Refugee Camp where they are attacking homes, preventing residents from moving, and stationing forces in several neighborhoods.

• At the end of the morning, Israeli army dropped a lot of leaflets on the camp, threatened the residents. And according to AL-Jazeera, Israeli forces informed residents of Al-Ain that they are about to carry out a military operation in the camp that will last for three days.

• They forced at least 10 families out of their homes at gunpoint before turning the houses into military barracks, according to Al Jazeera Arabic.

Since the begining of the year, the Israeli army has killed 108 Palestinians (49 in Jenin, 19 in Tubas, 14 in Tulkarem, 13 in Nablus, 5 in Hebron, 3 in Bethlehem, 2 in Qalqilia, 1 in Salfit, and 1 in Jerusalem, in addition to injuring and abducting hundreds across the occupied West Bank.

Hamas statement :

Hamas condemning 'Israeli' crimes against the Palestinian people, especially in the West Bank, as Gaza continues to face ongoing atrocities. The statement highlights the recent attack in the Ein al-Ain refugee camp, west of Nablus, where 'Israeli' special forces executed the cold-blooded killing of young martyr Oday Adel Qatouni. Hamas mourned Qatouni's death and called for escalated resistance in the West Bank, Jerusalem, and occupied territories, urging continued uprisings in solidarity with Gaza and responding to the ongoing aggression on refugee camps in the West Bank.

Name of the martyr :

Odai Adel Al-Qatouni