One of them was 14 years old.
Today, Tuesday, August 6, 2024, the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine/West Bank, announced to the Palestinian people and the Arab and Islamic nations a group of its martyrs who were killed while fighting against the occupation army in the city of Tubas, north of the occupied West Bank.With the highest expressions of pride and honor, the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine/West Bank, announcesTo our struggling Palestinian people and to the Arab and Islamic nationsThe martyr Mujahid Nour Mohammed Al-Yassin (19 years old)The martyr, Mujahid, Brigadier General Yassin Ghanem (19 years old)In the company of our brothers in blood and arms, the heroic sons of our peopleThe martyr Mujahid: Ayser Muhammad Abu Ara (36 years old)The young martyr: Bilal Ezz El-Din Sawafta (14 years old)From the heroes of the Tubas Battalion - West BankAnd those who were martyred while performing their combat duty in breaking the siege on their fellow fighters in the town of Aqaba in the city of Tubas, as part of the Battle of the Flood of Al-Aqsa. The Al-Quds Brigades affirms that it will remain steadfast on the path of jihad and resistance until liberation
There have been indications that as part of Iran's "vengeance" on Israel, they are trying to get West Bank Palestinians to mount an October 7-type attack. Israel has been very active in Judea and Samaria to frustrate any such ambitions.