Two young resistance fighters were killed on Saturday morning during armed clashes with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarem.
According to the Palestinian health ministry bodies of two martyrs were evacuated from the camp to Thabet Thabet Hospital in Tulkarem City.
The martyrs were identified as Samer ash-Shaf’iee and Hamza Kharyoush both aged 22.
Another young man from the camp was moderately injured by IOF gunfire.
Local sources said that Israeli undercover units infiltrated into a neighborhood in the camp and clashed with resistance fighters before they were backed up by military reinforcements.
One Israeli soldier was reportedly injured during the events.
In this regard a resistance brigade calling itself the “Rapid Response Group” announced that its fighters in Tulkarem traded fire with Israeli forces at point-blank range during the IOF raid in the camp.
