Palestinian Authority (PA) safety forces killed a senior anti-occupation resistance fighter within the occupied West Bank metropolis of Jenin on Saturday, additional fuelling intra-Palestinian tensions.
Yazeed Jayasa’a, a pacesetter within the Islamic Jihad-led Jenin Brigades, which operates primarily within the Jenin refugee camp, was reportedly wished by the Israeli army.
He was killed throughout a raid in Jenin launched by PA forces on Saturday morning, the Islamic Jihad stated.
“The concentrating on of resistance teams by the authorities in Jenin aligns completely with the aggression and criminality of the [Israeli] occupation,” the Islamic Jihad stated in an announcement.
The killing was condemned by different Palestinian teams, together with Hamas.
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Hamas official Abdul-Rahman Shadeed stated that the PA was inviting “inner strife” with its actions and should “put a cease to this”.
Speaking to Al Jazeera, he stated: “The Palestinian Authority should strengthen the nationwide trigger, not goal subject leaders within the West Bank.”
The raid and killing on Saturday got here amid escalating assaults by PA forces in opposition to Palestinians within the West Bank.
PA forces shot and killed an unarmed 19-year-old citizen on Monday throughout a raid on Jenin.
The PA stated the raids on Jenin, which goal armed anti-occupation teams, had been a part of an effort to revive legislation and order.
On Saturday, the PA stated that they had launched a brand new marketing campaign in Jenin to “preserve public safety and order, set up the rule of legislation, and forestall sedition and chaos within the Jenin camp”.
Local media reported exchanges of gunfire between PA forces and resistance fighters amid the raid.
The Jenin refugee camp has additionally been below siege by PA forces amid the incursions.
