Tue 20 September 2022:
Ramallah, occupied West Bank – A Palestinian man has been killed during ongoing clashes between Palestinian fighters and Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Nablus.
Local media identified the man as 53-year-old Firas Yaeesh. His death was announced at dawn on Tuesday.
Witnesses, as well as local journalists, have said that Yaeesh was killed by PA police fire. Neither the PA nor Yaeesh’s family has commented and details on the man’s killing remain unclear.
“Armed men had been shooting at the Nablus police centre, then the police began shooting indiscriminately – a bullet from the police hit him and killed him in front of his home,” Nablus-based journalist Hazem Nasser told Al Jazeera, citing witnesses.
Clashes with Palestinian security forces in Nablus leave one dead
Firas Yaeesh, 53, was killed at dawn on Tuesday during clashes between PA security forces and Palestinian fighters.#Nablus pic.twitter.com/on3yj38PGM
— INDEPENDENT PRESS (@IpIndependent) September 20, 2022
An autopsy is expected to be conducted later on Tuesday, according to local journalists.
Another Palestinian man Anas Abdelfattah, who is said to be a student at An-Najah National University in Nablus, sustained serious wounds from a bullet to the stomach and is in a critical condition.
Clashes and confrontations unfolded in Nablus shortly after midnight following the PA’s arrest of two Palestinian fighters, including 30-year-old Musab Shtayyeh, who is high on Israel’s wanted list.
Shtayyeh is a commander with the al-Qassam brigades, the armed wing of the Gaza-based Hamas’s armed resistance movement.
The other fighter was identified as Ameed Tabliyeh.
Ongoing clashes
Clashes were still ongoing at midday on Tuesday, with live ammunition being fired by both sides.