Three dead following Israeli invasions of northern West Bank

February 1, 2007

Nablus - Ma'an – An operative in the Fatah-affiliated Al-Aqsa Brigades, has been killed on Thursday. Jasir Abu Zghaib from the Tulkarem refugee camp in the northern West Bank was killed, and six others were injured, when Israeli military forces invaded the refugee camp.

Ma'an's correspondent reported that an Israeli special unit wearing civilian costume and driving a car with Palestinian registration plates, invaded the refugee camp from the southern entrance, and opened fire at the residents, injuring six. Following the initial foray, further military patrols came to reinforce the advance party, and abducted the corpse of Abu Zghaib, and injured 'Amir Al-Baraka, allegedly a member of the Al-Quds Brigades of the Islamic Jihad movement.

Ma'an's correspondent reported that the injured who have been identified are:

Mahmoud Zaki Qouzah, aged 10,

Rafiq Muwaffaq Dmeiri, aged 16,

Fakhri Ardah, aged 50,

Meriam Nadir Abu Zgheib, 40.

In addition, Fawziyya Ahmad Hdeib, aged 46, was brutally beaten while she tried to help retrieve the corpse of Abu Zghaib.

In a separate incident in Nablus, two Al-Aqsa Brigades operatives were killed in further armed clashes with Israeli forces. Palestinian sources told Ma'an that Amer Kalbonah, aged 21, and Wael Awad, 19, were killed in an armed clash between Israeli military forces and a Fatah-affiliated militant group named "knights of the night."