Palestinian factions clash in the West Bank

The sound of automatic gunfire, which echoed for hours in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, stopped in the afternoon. On Tuesday, December 17, several dozen people gathered quietly in front of the Sheikh bin Zayed Mosque in a street that has turned into a mud corridor since the asphalt road was destroyed by the Israeli army’s armored bulldozers.

The ceasefire, which lasted no more than two hours, was called for the funerals of 14-year-old Mohammad Al-Amer and Jenin Battalion commander Yazid Ja’aysheh. The leader of the organization, which brings together approximately 200 young people from various armed groups in Palestine (Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Fatah’s armed wing), said that this young man was not killed by the Israeli army, which was advancing regularly and targeting the city. Being a stronghold of Palestinian armed groups. They were shot dead by an elite unit of Palestinian security forces in the Jenin camp on Saturday, December 14.

In the square in front of the sanctuary, a 24-year-old member of the Jenin battalion surveillance unit named Abu Farha (who did not want to give his last name for security reasons) said: “It’s even more painful when Palestinians shoot other Palestinians,” the sad look in his eyes behind his rectangular glasses.

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