Palestinian medical and official sources announced the martyrdom of the 17-year-old boy, Salim Sami Salim Faqha, after occupation forces opened fire on him near the town of Sinjil, north of Ramallah. The General Authority for Civil Affairs confirmed that the occupation authorities detained the martyr's body, while another citizen was moderately wounded during the same incident.
In a simultaneous field escalation, local sources reported that the occupation army deployed large military reinforcements to the town of Sinjil, where soldiers began raiding and searching a number of homes and commercial shops. Occupation forces prevented Palestinian Red Crescent Society teams from reaching the injured near the town's intersection, hindering the provision of necessary first aid.
The bloodshed did not stop in Ramallah, as official bodies announced the martyrdom of the 16-year-old boy, Nidal Wael Abdul Karim Shaghnoubi, by occupation army bullets in the town of Burqa, Nablus Governorate. The targeting of Shaghnoubi occurred during an incursion carried out by occupation forces into the area on Monday evening, amidst intense firing of live and rubber-coated bullets.
Nablus city witnessed other incursions into the Old Askar refugee camp, where a foot patrol raided the camp's alleys and stormed residential homes, causing panic among residents. A citizen was also hit by a rubber-coated metal bullet in the head, and others suffered severe suffocation due to inhaling toxic gas during confrontations in the Khallat al-Amoud area.
In occupied Jerusalem, occupation forces escalated their repressive measures against worshippers around Bab al-Sahira, coinciding with the evening and Tarawih prayers. Jerusalemite sources reported that occupation soldiers fired sound and gas bombs at groups present in the area and carried out an arrest campaign targeting a number of Palestinian youths.
As part of the policy of restricting Al-Aqsa Mosque guards, the occupation authorities issued a decision to remove guard Ahmed Al-Awar from his workplace in the mosque for a week, renewable. This decision comes in the context of a systematic targeting of personnel working in Al-Aqsa to reduce the official and popular Palestinian presence within the blessed mosque's courtyards.
In a move targeting Ramadan charitable work, the occupation authorities threatened to close 'Al-Nasr Restaurant' located in Khan al-Zeit market in the Old City. Occupation forces prevented the restaurant owner from preparing and distributing hot meals provided by donors to residents and passersby in the Bab al-Amoud area, a solidarity initiative that Jerusalemites are accustomed to during the holy month.
The occupation authorities continue to completely close the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque for the seventeenth consecutive day, preventing thousands of worshippers from reaching it under security pretexts. The occupation links these strict measures to the regional tension and the ongoing war, which has led to the emptying of the mosque of its worshippers during the holiest days of the year for Muslims.
Reports indicate that this ban is a historical precedent that has not occurred since 1967, as worshippers were forcibly absent from performing the last Friday prayer of Ramadan. Palestinians were also deprived of observing Laylat al-Qadr and performing I'tikaf in the precincts of Al-Aqsa Mosque, after the city of Jerusalem and its Old City surroundings were transformed into a closed military barracks.
The Jerusalem Governorate warned of the seriousness of these measures, which coincide with the escalation of rhetoric from extremist organizations targeting the status quo in Al-Aqsa Mosque. Sources confirmed that the continued siege imposed on the holy sites aims to impose a new reality that changes the Arab and Islamic identity of the holy city, amidst international silence regarding these violations.
Occupation forces prevented ambulance crews from reaching the injured near the Sinjil intersection and detained the martyr's body.
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Two Dead by Occupation Bullets in Ramallah and Nablus, and Attacks on Worshippers in Jerusalem