More than sixty Palestinians killed by the Israeli army – or by Jewish settlers – since the beginning of the year, in the occupied West Bank. A macabre assessment, which therefore worsened yesterday, Wednesday February 22, following a murderous assault carried out by the occupying forces on Nablus.
In broad daylight, and in the heart of a very busy area of the city, the Israeli army launched a major military operation on February 22. Officially, as part of the “fight against terrorism”. There were eleven dead and more than a hundred wounded by bullets in Nablus.
Imagine, says our correspondent in the Middle East, Sami Boukhelifa, you are in the middle of the market, you are doing your shopping quietly, when dozens of Israeli tanks burst in. Their mission: to neutralize two Palestinian fighters. They locate them, surround them, and potentially everyone in town becomes a suspect.
Shots on sight
The soldiers shoot on sight. From the air, the drones track the slightest movement on the ground. In the streets, there is general panic. People are running in all directions. They desperately try to find refuge somewhere. In a fraction of a second, it’s war. Some young Palestinians try to repel the assault. They throw stones.
People are killed, injured. Ambulances are speeding by. Rescuers try to intervene. The bullets whistle. Hospitals are overwhelmed. Lives are turned upside down.
” Israel is ready to exterminate us all »
Palestinians are sharing the story of Elias Al Ashqar on social media. A nurse in Nablus, he was called urgently for resuscitation. An elderly man is shot and wounded. His heart no longer beats. Elias gives her a cardiac massage. It’s too late. The doctor declares the death. Elias looks at the face of the deceased: This is my father he says. The silence. A long silence in the operating room. The dread.
” Once again there will be international condemnations, but nothing will change for us “, say residents of the city. For ” capture two guys, Israel is ready to exterminate us all said a witness.
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