NABLUS, Palestine: A Palestinian militant was killed Sunday in an explosion in the occupied West Bank, police said, with Israel staying silent on allegations from fighters that it was behind his assassination.
Tamer Al-Kilani was killed overnight in the Old City of Nablus in the northern West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said.
A Palestinian police inspector told AFP that Kilani was killed in an explosion in Nablus, where the Lions’ Den militant group has emerged in recent months.
The group described Kilani as one of its “fiercest fighters” and blamed Israel for his death overnight.
“The treacherous occupation (Israel) put a sticky TNT device as the way to assassinate” Kilani, the group wrote on Telegram.
Palestinians gathered on Sunday around the charred remains of a motorbike that was allegedly laden with explosives.
At Nablus’s Rafidia Hospital, Kilani’s mother and sister stood over his body.
The Israeli military refused to confirm its involvement in the killing when contacted by AFP.
An army spokeswoman said Kilani was involved in attacks targeting Israelis and had previously been jailed by Israel.
The Fatah movement described the killing as a “cowardly assassination” in a statement published by the official Palestinian news agency Wafa.
Dozens of Palestinian militants and civilians have been killed this year amid an uptick in Israeli military raids, most targeting the northern West Bank.
The army spokeswoman said Israeli forces “will continue to operate at all times and in all places from which terror attacks against Israelis emanate.”
Nineteen Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers have been killed so far this month, according to an AFP toll.
Palestinian militant killed in explosion in Nablus
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Palestinian militant killed in explosion in Nablus
- Tamer Al-Kilani was killed overnight in the Old City of Nablus in the northern West Bank
- The Lions’ Den militant group has emerged in Nablus in recent months
Head of Gaza technocrat committee in Washington for ‘Board of Peace’ meeting: Palestinian officials
- Shaath is scheduled to deliver a speech outlining the general framework of his plan for the first 100 days
- Around two dozen world leaders and senior officials have traveled to Washington for the meeting
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: The head of the Palestinian technocratic committee formed to handle day-to-day governance of Gaza, Ali Shaath, was in Washington Thursday to attend the inaugural “Board of Peace” meeting, two Palestinian officials told AFP.
“Ali Shaath... arrived in Washington at dawn today to participate in the Washington meeting of the Board of Peace,” a source familiar with the committee told AFP.
“Shaath is scheduled to deliver a speech outlining the general framework of his plan for the first 100 days. He is accompanied by the committee’s official in charge of the finance portfolio,” the source added.
A committee member confirmed to AFP that Shaath had arrived “following an invitation he received yesterday to attend the Washington meeting.”
Around two dozen world leaders and senior officials have traveled to Washington for the meeting, which was set up after the Trump administration, along with Qatar and Egypt, negotiated a ceasefire in October to halt two years of war in Gaza.
Around two dozen world leaders and senior officials have traveled to Washington for the inaugural meeting of the “Board of Peace,” which was set up after the Trump administration, along with Qatar and Egypt, negotiated a ceasefire in October to halt two years of war in Gaza.
At Thursday’s meeting, Trump is expected to detail pledges of more than $5 billion for Gaza.
The meeting will also look at how to launch the International Stabilization Force that will ensure security in Gaza.
