Gunmen in Tulkarm (Archive)
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Special force kills Palestinian in Tulkarm
Palestinians say special IDF force raided café in town, shot to death Mahmoud Abed al-Al, Fatah activist from Gaza; witnesses report 12 year-old child critically injured
A special Border Guard police force killed an al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades activist in the West Bank town of Tulkarm Monday evening. According to witnesses, the man killed is Mahmoud Abed al-Al, a Fatah member from Gaza who is currently residing in Tulkarm.
The Palestinians also reported that 12 year-old Muhammad Abu Shweish was critically injured in the operation, and that a seniorFatah activist – Annan Yaish, sustained moderate wounds.
Immediately after news of the incident broke out, hundreds of the town's residents arrived at the hospital and gathered outside.
The IDF reported that the force encircled a house and called on gunmen hiding inside to come out. During the operation two suspects tried to escape and were fired at. One of the suspects was killed, and the other one was evacuated to an Israeli hospital.
A senior al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades official threatened in a conversation with Ynet that the group's members will not responds with restraint to the killing. "Despite the Brigades' commitment to the calm, although it has only been declared in the Strip, Israel continues to kill the organization's members," he stated.
The Islamic Jihad's military wing announced Sunday that in light of the IDF's continued operations in the West Bank, the group will resume rocket attacks against Israel. A senior member of the organization told Ynet that his men will also carry out suicide bombings inside Israel.
The commander of the group's military wing, the al-Quds Brigades, Walid Abeidi, declared that his operatives will soon carry out suicide bombings inside Israel, in response to the escalation in the military's strikes against the Palestinians in the West Bank.
