Massacre in Tubas.. The occupation annihilates a Palestinian family and settler attacks escalate in Nablus

The northern areas of the occupied West Bank have witnessed a bloody escalation in recent hours, resulting in the martyrdom of five Palestinians in separate attacks carried out by the occupation army and groups of settlers. The most prominent crime occurred in the town of Tammun, south of Tubas city, where Israeli special units committed a horrific massacre targeting a Palestinian family driving their private vehicle early this Sunday morning.

Medical sources from the Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that their teams received the bodies of four martyrs from one family: the father Ali Khaled Bani Odeh, his wife Waad, and their two children Mohammed and Othman, who were not more than six years old. The sources explained that the Israeli force fired a heavy barrage of live bullets directly at the vehicle, leading to the immediate martyrdom of the family members in a tragic scene that shook the region.

One of the children who survived the massacre recounted the harsh moments he experienced inside the vehicle, where he hid under the seats while watching his parents and siblings take their last breaths under the occupation's bullets. Occupation forces prevented ambulance crews and citizens from approaching the targeted car for several hours, before later allowing the transfer of the bodies and the handover of two other children who were destined to survive certain death.

In a related context, 28-year-old Amir Moatasem Mahmoud Odeh was martyred, succumbing to serious injuries he sustained as a result of an attack by armed settlers on the town of Qusra, south of Nablus city. Local sources confirmed that the settlers fired live bullets indiscriminately at citizens' homes and properties, leading to other injuries among civilians and severe beating incidents.

Reports issued by the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission indicate a dangerous escalation in the pace of settler attacks, with more than 192 attacks recorded in the past two weeks alone. These systematic attacks are carried out under the direct protection of the occupation army and aim to terrorize Palestinians in their villages and towns as part of a policy aimed at expanding settlement areas and changing the demographic reality in the West Bank.

Also on the ground, occupation forces continued their incursions and raids in the towns of Qabatiya and Yamoun in Jenin governorate, which included thorough searches of homes, tampering with their contents, and terrorizing their residents. Occupation forces also detained a young man from the town of Yamoun and subjected him to forced field interrogation before withdrawing from the area, amidst scattered confrontations with young men who confronted the incursion.

Cities and villages in the West Bank are experiencing a state of extreme tension amid the ongoing Israeli military operations, as forces also stormed the town of Beit Furik, east of Nablus, and fired toxic gas and sound bombs at citizens. These developments come at a time when observers warn of a wider explosion of the situation as a result of the continued policy of field killings and the protection of escalating settler crimes.

The occupation targeted the vehicle with a barrage of bullets in the center of Tammun town and prevented ambulance crews from reaching the victims in the first moments.