Israeli army storming Nablus

No.

14680

Date

16 February, 2025

Found by

@ThanaaMohammad4

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Original Social Media Post

"@P_J_Theron @stairwayto3dom This happened in my city called Nablus😒😒there is the IDF" - Source

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Archivist Notes: Violent Israeli raid in the Old City of Nablus

On February 16, Israeli forces raidded the Old City of Nablus. According to local media, 17 injuries have been reported so far amid the Israeli troops' raid on Nablus, West Bank. Israeli forces stormed the area, raiding homes and positioning snipers on rooftops.

A) Attack on School students

CCTV footage circulated on social media, showing Palestinian students attempting to escape Israeli gunfire in Nablus. The Israeli snipers opened fire on a Palestinian high school. The video captures students fleeing with their bags—one crawling on the ground and another visibly wounded, leaving a trail of blood as friends try to pull him to safety.

B) Youth shot in the legs

Amid escalating violence, a Palestinian youth was shot in the leg by Israeli occupation forces during clashes.

C) Attack and threat on press

Journalists who covered the events were attacked by vehicles and tear gas. Some of them suffocated.

c) Several other attacks

The director of the Red Crescent's Emergency and Ambulance Center in Nablus, Amid Ahmed, told WAFA correspondent that 12 people, including an elderly man and children, were injured by the occupation forces' bullets. Most of them in the lower limbs, two injuries in the hand, in addition to an injury in the pelvic area, and a child suffered shrapnel in the hand and face, while a young man was transferred after being run over by an occupation military vehicle, in addition to dozens of injuries from suffocation from toxic gas.

He pointed out that the occupation forces prevented ambulance crews from entering Zafer Al-Masry School in the vicinity of the old town.

  • The Israeli forces detained a young man whose identity has not yet been known.

  • Israeli special forces surrounded a house in Habas al-Dam neighborhood, amidst explosions and heavy gunfire.

The details for each video come from social media. None of it has been verified.