Hamas calls for general strike after 4 young Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in Jenin

The four young men, identified as Saleh al-Ammar, Raed Abu Seif, Amjad Husniyah, and Nour Jarrar, were shot at the Jenin refugee camp on Monday, multiple sources, including Akram Rajoub, the governor of Jenin, said.

The governor was cited as saying that the bodies of two of the victims – Husniyah and Jarrar – were seized by Israeli authorities before withdrawing from Jenin.

The raid on the city of Jenin and its refugee camp led to heavy clashes between the Israeli troops and Palestinian resistance fighters and local youths. Loud explosions and gun fire were heard, too.

“We mourn the martyrs of Jenin who died at dawn today after a heroic confrontation with the Israeli occupation forces who stormed the camp,” Hamas spokesman Hazem Qasem said in a press release later on Monday, before calling for a general strike across the occupied territories.

“This pure blood of the Jenin martyrs is the true guarantee for the liberation battle to continue until the occupation leaves our entire Palestinian land,” the Palestinian Information Center quoted him as saying.

The national and Islamic political forces in Jenin also declared a day of anger against the Israeli regime and a general strike in the city in mourning for the young Palestinians, the report added.

The groups also called on the residents of Jenin to take part in the funeral procession of martyrs Saleh Ammar and Ra’ed Abu Saif.

The Palestinian resistance movement Islamic Jihad, for its part, also expressed condolences to the families of the victims and stressed that the killings were a clear sign of insistence by “revolutionaries of Jenin” and the whole West Bank on resistance against the occupying regime.   

The Gaza-based movement also held the Zionist enemy fully responsible for the growing crimes against the Palestinians and their holy sites.  

Islamic Jihad further called for a declaration of anger across the West Bank against Israel, urging Palestinians to stand united against the Zionist enemy, closing the door to any reconciliation attempt, and holding a general strike across the occupied region.