Locals were seen evacuating as Israeli forces killed three people in a raid on a house in Nablus, West Bank.

Footage from August 9 shows a large crowd shouting as they fled through the streets.

Israeli forces killed the head of the Palestinian militant group al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades along with two others.

The Palestinian Red Cross said that at least 40 others were also injured.

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: Nablus, 09 August 2022. People evacuate Palestinian youth following a raid by Israeli forces of a house in the West Bank city of Nablus.

STORYLINE:

Three Palestinians were today killed and more than 40 wounded, some critical, during an Israeli army incursion into the northern West Bank city of Nablus, according to medical sources.

The Ministry of Health said three Palestinians who were brought to hospital in very critical condition have died of their wounds, adding that 40 people were wounded by live bullets, some of them are in critical condition.

It identified the dead as Ibrahim Nabulsi, Islam Sabbouh, and Hussein Jamal Taha.

The injuries occurred during clashes that broke out when Israeli soldiers raided the old city of Nablus and surrounded a building, which the army later destroyed after firing missiles at it wounding or killing those who were inside.

The Israeli army said its soldiers killed two people in Nablus and that they have left the city after that.

Footage by / APAwire

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: Nablus, 09 August 2022. Palestinian protesters hurl rocks at Israeli security forces vehicles during their raid in the West Bank city of Nablus.

STORYLINE:

Three Palestinians were today killed and more than 40 wounded, some critical, during an Israeli army incursion into the northern West Bank city of Nablus, according to medical sources.

The Ministry of Health said three Palestinians who were brought to hospital in very critical condition have died of their wounds, adding that 40 people were wounded by live bullets, some of them are in critical condition.

It identified the dead as Ibrahim Nabulsi, Islam Sabbouh, and Hussein Jamal Taha.

The injuries occurred during clashes that broke out when Israeli soldiers raided the old city of Nablus and surrounded a building, which the army later destroyed after firing missiles at it wounding or killing those who were inside.

The Israeli army said its soldiers killed two people in Nablus and that they have left the city after that.

Footage by / APAwire