It appears Israel claimed victory in Nablus prematurely as the resistance in the city has made a resurgence, successfully detonating an IED that injured four soldiers during an Israeli invasion.
Tulkarem, Nablus, and Jenin have historically made up the “triangle of fire,” demarcating a geographic entity hostile to colonial rule. Today, the Tulkarem Brigade is fighting to preserve that legacy.
Huwwara and Hebron have been put on lockdown by the Israeli army as a manhunt has ensued following two “lone wolf” shooting operations in those areas, while Israeli settlers carry out revenge pogroms against Palestinians.
This week unfolded in what has become a regular succession of punitive home demolitions, “lone wolf” attacks on settlers, mass arrests, Israeli military raids, extrajudicial killings, and political unrest.
Palestinians continue to face a now-regularized tempo of Israeli attacks from settlers and the military, yet this has not done away with their capacity to resist.
A Palestinian worker shot six Israeli settlers in the illegal settlement of Ma’ale Adumim, while elsewhere the Israeli army continued its onslaught on Palestinian communities in Nablus and Aqbat Jabr refugee camp.
The fighting in Ein al-Helweh refugee camp in southern Lebanon between Fatah militants and Islamist armed groups didn’t happen in a vacuum. Lebanese analysts speculate that Israel and the PA are behind recent tensions.
Israel continued raids in the northern West Bank, including Nablus and Qalqiliya, killing 5 Palestinians in a week. Meanwhile, the Israeli judicial overhaul continues reverberating with the adoption of a new bill.
As the ruling power in Gaza, Hamas has had to balance its governmental responsibilities with its commitment to resistance. It has done so by delegating resistance to other factions and adopting the “unity of fields” strategy.
Two weeks after its massive onslaught on Jenin, the Israeli army has turned its attention to Nablus, continuing the same low-intensity counterinsurgency campaign that it has waged against Palestinian resistance for the past two years.