By Xinhua
Ramallah : A special Israeli army force shot dead Wednesday an activist of al-Aqasa Martyrs Brigades, an armed wing of President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement in the West Bank city of Nablus.
Medics and witnesses said that Israeli soldiers opened fire at a group of militants near the city of Nablus, and detained five ofthem, adding that one of the detained young men was seriously wounded, who’s name was Mohamed al-Meseimi.
Palestinian security sources in the city said that al-Meseimi died of his wounds later after he was shot.
Meanwhile, the group, which is active in the West Bank, said on Wednesday it is not committed to the truce with Israel after its members were arrested.
A special Israeli army force stormed the city of Nablus, amid intensive gunfire and nabbed five Palestinian young men, members of the brigades, the group said in a leaflet sent to reporters.
Brig. Majed Faraj, chief of police intelligence in the West Bank slammed the Israeli army for detaining five al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades members. He blamed Israel for trying to disturb the stable security situation that dominates the city.
Israel and the Palestinian National Authority reached an agreement several months ago, it said that militants in the West Bank drop their arms and refrain from attacks on Israel, after Israel pledge to stop targeting them.
“The activists were completely committed to the term of the truce agreement reached with Israel in the West Bank, but what happened today was a clear breaching of the agreement,” said Faraj.