According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, members of armed terror groups fit that definition.
Palestinian media reported that the terrorists killed were civilians while also reporting that they were members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades:
Three Palestinian youths were killed on Tuesday evening by the Israeli occupation forces' bullets in the Makhfeya area in the center of Nablus city.In turn, the Palestinian Health announced the death of 3 civilians, who were shot by the occupation in Nablus.For its part, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of Fatah movement, mourned on Tuesday its three martyrs after their assassination by the occupation forces in Nablus.In its statement, Al-Aqsa Martyrs said: "We mourn our heroic martyrs Ibrahim Al-Nabulsi, Adham Mabrouk and Muhammad Al-Dakhil, after a cowardly assassination carried out by a Zionist special force in the city of Nablus, Jabal Al-Nar."The battalions affirm that the blood of their martyrs will not be in vain, and that the response will come and blood will be met with blood."
Israeli media reports that the group had been responsible for multiple recent shooting attacks, and were planning more.
Keep in mind that these terrorists were not Hamas or Islamic Jihad. They were from Fatah, the organization headed by Palestinian president Abbas, who claimed fourteen years ago that the "military wing" had been dismantled.
He might not have been telling the truth.
And make no mistake: if the Al Aqsa Brigades were not doing what Abas wanted, they really would have been dismantled. Yet they openly parade in the West Bank, showing their weapons, with no hint that they are not doing exactly what Abbas wants.
And that includes attacking Jews.
