IDF tightens closure on Nablus after suicide bombing kills four

[Behind the Aegis]

The Israel Defense Forces tightened its closure on the West Bank city of Nablus on Friday, the day after a suicide bombing killed four Israelis at the entrance to the nearby settlement of Kedumim.

The IDF is prohibiting Palestinian males between 15 and 32 from passing through the Hawara and Beit Iba checkpoints in the Nablus area, and is keeping Palestinians from reaching Nablus from the direction of Tul Karm and Jenin. The army is also conducting a full-body search of any Palestinian who passes through those checkpoints, Israel Radio reported.

The group that claimed responsibility for the attack - a new organization linked to Fatah, the movement headed by Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas - is based in the Balata refugee camp in Nablus. The group is called Kateb al-Shahid Chamuda. However, Al-Manar TV in Lebanon broadcast a claim of responsibility from the Fatah military wing, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades.

Early Friday, IDF troops raided the Hebron home of the suicide bomber - Mahmoud Masharka, a 24-year-old Fatah man - and arrested his brother.

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[adriennui]

1. there will never be peace

as long as murderers from the west bank continue to target israel.

[Englander]

2. Kedumim's in the West Bank, not Israel.

Didn't you know that?

[adriennui]

3. is it still OK to commit murder?

eom...

[Englander]

4. Nice ad hominem. n/t