PLO: Terrorists "were not among the guys who are dangerous to the occupation forces, just because maybe they shot a bullet at an Israeli military post"

Official PA TV, live broadcast from the funeral of three Fatah terrorists who were killed by Israel while planning an imminent shooting attack – see note below

Palestinian Democratic Union representative in the PLO faction coordination committee Ali Shaku: “I think that [Adham Mabrouka, Muhammad Al-Dakhil, and Ashraf Mubaslat] (i.e., assassinated Fatah terrorists planning an imminent shooting attack) were not among the guys who are dangerous to the occupation forces, just because maybe they shot a bullet at an Israeli [military] post, but that doesn’t necessitate killing them in this way, in this way that is of course denounced by all levels of our people.”

Adham Mabrouka Al-Shishani, Muhammad Al-Dakhil, and Ashraf Mubaslat – Palestinian terrorists and members of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades (Fatah’s military wing) who were shot and killed by Israeli security forces in Nablus on Feb. 8, 2022. When killed the terrorists were armed with two M-16 semi-automatic assault rifles and intelligence indicated that they were planning an imminent terror attack. The terrorists had already committed six shooting attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers in previous weeks, among them: Jan. 25, 2022 - shooting on an Israeli military post near Nablus. Jan. 27, 2022 - shooting on a military post between the Israeli towns of Elon Moreh and Itamar east of Nablus. Jan. 29, 2022 - shooting on an Israeli military vehicle as it drove next to the PA village of Tell southwest of Nablus. Feb. 2, 2022 - shooting on a military post at an entrance to Nablus. PMW was unable to determine the details of the remaining two attacks, which reportedly targeted Israeli towns.