(KUNA) -- Israeli special forces disguised in Arabic dress assassinated in Jenin on Wednesday Mohammad Bargheesh, an activist with the Al-Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fatah. Witnesses told reporters that the special forces had entered the city in a car with Palestinian plates and opened fire on the 23-year-old activist, wounding him in several parts of his body. Israeli forces denied ambulances access to the scene of the shooting, and the activist could not be carried to the nearby Jenin Hospital.This incident comes only one day after 11 Palestinian were killed in Gaza in two air strikes orchestrated by Israeli air force and aimed at activists of the Islamic Jihad.
Meanwhile in Gaza, Lieutenant Colonel Rifaat Kallab, security director in Khan Younis, escaped an attempt on his life. Witnesses said unknown militants had opened fire on him while he was heading to work in his car, adding that he was wounded in the attack and was rushed to hospital for treatment. This comes days after Gaza's director of general security Brigadier Abu Rashbak escaped a similar attack in which three of his bodyguards were wounded. Khan Younis had been a scene for armed confrontations between supporters of Fatah and Hamas, killing and wounding many from both sides.