The commander of the Tulkarm Brigade in the Al-Quds Brigades, Mohammad Jaber, known by his nom de guerre, Abu Shujaa, was killed following hours of confrontations with the occupation forces in the Nur Shams refugee camp in the West Bank of occupied Palestine.
Abu Shujaa was killed alongside four of his companions after the Zionist occupation forces surrounded the building they were in.
The occupation forces launched a large-scale aggression against the camp on Wednesday evening, as part of the intensive aggression against the West Bank, the largest since 2002.
Deploying dozens of military vehicles and bulldozers, the occupation commenced extensive demolition operations in the streets and infrastructure of the camp.
According to Zionist media, the occupation forces besieged several Resistance fighters at 4 am, including Abu Shujaa, inside a building in Nur Shams.
Confrontations broke out, during which the occupation forces fired an Energia rocket at the building, however, confrontations continued.
By the end of the armed confrontation, Abu Shujaa and four others with him were martyred.
Abu Shujaa had previously stated in an exclusive interview earlier this month. “If the enemy assassinates me, we will continue. The struggle does not end with one person, there are generations that rise to defend our rights, and the biggest indicator is the martyrdom of a Palestinian and more in each home in Tulkarm, and the Resistance continues.”
Regarding the multiple pursuits by the occupation forces, Abu Shujaa confirmed that the enemy failed to assassinate him three of four times, despite specific operations targeting him.
The commander mentioned that during one attempt to kill him, the regime invaded Tulkarem for 55 continuous hours, asserting that the occupation and its occupation army are “weaker than a spider’s web, given their substantial losses.”
However, he added, “the enemy has always been like this and never acknowledges it.”
West Bank wide-scale aggression continues
As of now, at least 14 martyrs have been reported due to the aggression against the West Bank. In the West Bank reports state that a young man was martyred and another was injured by the occupation forces’ gunfire in the Tulkarm camp, raising the total number of martyrs in the aggression against the West Bank to 14, including those from Tubas, Tulkarm, and Jenin.
Our correspondent also reported that the occupying forces arrested Bayram Qasas on the outskirts of Tulkarm camp before withdrawing from the camp’s vicinity and the city, except for the Nur Shams camp.
Additionally, the occupying forces withdrew from the Al-Far’a camp in Tubas after arresting several Palestinians and brought in more reinforcements to Jenin, closing the city’s entrances.
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) movement confirmed Thursday that Mohammad Jaber, known as Abu Shujaa, the commander of the al-Quds Brigades – Tulkarm Brigade, was killed along with several other Resistance fighters, following confrontations with Ioccupation forces in the Tulkarm refugee camp in the northern West Bank.
The PIJ highlighted in a statement the role of Abu Shujaa, one of the founding members of the Tulkarm Brigade, stating that “the Palestinian people knew him for his steadfastness and bravery.”
The movement said that Abu Shujaa was known as “a Resistance fighter who chose to confront the occupation to lift the oppression off his people, fully aware that facing the occupation, regardless of the cost, is far better than living under its rule.”
The PIJ indicated that the occupation mobilized dozens of soldiers, along with armored vehicles and drones, to reach Abu Shujaa in the heart of Tulkarm camp, because it was aware that the commander and his comrades would not surrender and would engage in heroic confrontations against them.
Resistance factions mourn Abu Shujaa
On its part, the Hamas movement commended the Resistance fighters of its military wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, and all the military factions bravely resisting the Israeli aggression against the occupied West Bank, mourning the martyr Abu Shujaa and his fellow fighters.
In a statement, the movement vowed that the recent Israeli incursions and targeted attacks concentrated in Jenin, Tulkarm, Tubas, and other governorates “will not succeed in breaking the will of our people and our Resistance.”
It underlined that the occupation will face further losses, disappointments, crises, and security turmoil, from Gaza to the West Bank and across all fronts involved in Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.
Hamas renewed its call to the people of the West Bank for greater unity and solidarity with the Resistance and the intensification of field confrontations with the occupation forces and settlers.
Similarly, the al-Mujahideen Movement also mourned martyr Abu Shujaa and his comrades, affirming that their martyrdom will only strengthen the Resistance in the West Bank and Palestine.
The movement stated that the Israeli military should expect more failures and defeats, urging the Palestinian people in the West Bank to support the Resistance fighters, engage in revolutionary actions, and escalate confrontations.
In addition, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) said martyr Abu Shujaa exemplified sacrifice and heroism in defense of his people and cause, adding that, despite his young age, the commander was a model of leadership demonstrated by his significant role in confronting the Israeli occupation.
Moreover, the Resistance Committees in Palestine stressed that the occupation’s crimes and assassinations, extending from Gaza to the West Bank and every inch of occupied Palestinian land, are desperate and failed attempts that will not succeed in uprooting the Resistance nor halting its top-tier operations, which have become a source of terror for the occupation.
The Committees hailed the Palestinian Resistance fighters from various factions, stressing that the war on the West Bank and Gaza will not bring security and stability to the regime.
In the same vein, the Storm Forces, the military wing of the Fatah al-Intifada movement – Tulkarm Brigade, made it clear that the resistance will respond with full force to Abu Shujaa’s assassination and to the Israeli crimes across all of Palestine.
Initial response to Abu Shujaa’s assassination
As part of an initial response to the assassination of Abu Shujaa, the al-Quds Brigades – Tulkarm Brigade carried out an operation in which its Resistance fighters ambushed an infantry force in the al-Manshiyah area.
The Brigade said that its engineering unit targeted the Israeli force with an improvised explosive device (IED) and unleashed a barrage of gunfire on the occupation soldiers, dealing direct hits.