Hamas has reported the death of what they refer to as their commander in Jenin on several social media, and expressed grief over the loss. It was VG who reported on the case first. The Israeli Defense Forces announced on Friday that they carried out an operation in the city of Jenin in the West Bank. They say they killed a Hamas leader named “Wassem Hazem”, as well as two other people. Hazem’s father lives in Skien. He tells news that he has had confirmation from his son’s mother and wife that he has been killed. The 31-year-old was a Norwegian citizen. – They didn’t have to kill him. They could just arrest him, but they didn’t want to, he says to news. Hamas writes on Telegram that they have lost three men from their group. Photo: Screenshot from Telegram The father has not heard anything from the Israeli authorities about the incident. – I want my son here. I have to get him back here. He says he wants to get the body back to Norway to be buried. Claims he is not a Hamas leader In the morning the father was called by family members who saw pictures of the son on local news channels, he says. He himself says that the son is not a Hamas leader as Israel claims. – That is not true. He has no contact with Hamas. Screenshot of a video from the IDF that claims to be of an attack in which Wesam Hazem was killed. Photo: IDF news has asked the Israel Insurance Agency (ISA) for a comment, but has so far not received an answer. Hazem has children and a wife in Vestbreidda. The wife has a child on the way. Hamas says that the IDF found weapons, ammunition and money in the car of the three killed men, including Hamez. Photo: Screenshot from Telegram The father says that the son has been living in Vestbreidda in recent years, because he has been refused by the UDI for family reunification with his wife and children. – Wassem was good, he was a carpenter, says the father. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Norway tells news that they are investigating the matter. Military operations in the West Bank On Friday, what Israel calls a “military operation” in the West Bank is in its third day. The Israeli army (IDF) states on Telegram that they killed three Hamas militiamen in an airstrike on the occupied West Bank on 30 August. Since the operation began on Wednesday, at least 19 people have been injured and 20 have been arrested, according to the AFP news agency. The airstrike took place in the city of Jenin on the Vestbreidda. On Thursday, the IDF stated that five Palestinians were killed in a mosque in the West Bank. The military claims the five killed were militants. Israel has previously said that the operation is aimed at key members of Hamas’ wing in the West Bank. Israeli forces inside an armored vehicle check documents from Palestinians during a military operation in Jenin, West Bank. Photo: Majdi Mohammed / AP The operation has been condemned from several quarters. The United Nations (UN) said when the military operation began on Wednesday that it “risks worsening the already catastrophic situation” in the Palestinian territories, according to the AFP news agency. – Israel, as an occupying power, must comply with its obligations in accordance with international law, says Ravina Shamdasani, spokeswoman for the UN in a statement. Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide. Photo: Hanna Johre / news Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide (Ap) has also condemned the attack. – In the midst of the ongoing violence in Gaza, the situation in the occupied West Bank is extremely dangerous, Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide (Ap) told NTB on Thursday. He refers to the attacks on Wednesday and Thursday from Israeli forces in the north of the West Bank. A journalist points his camera at an Israeli military vehicle instructing Palestinian journalists to evacuate a street near a hospital in Jenin on the occupied West Bank. Photo: RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP – The massive Israeli military operations in and around Jenin, Tulkarem and Tubas worsen an already tense situation, with unexpected consequences for stability in the region, says Eide. Published 30.08.2024, at 20.04
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