Northern West Bank sees the emergence of a new Palestinian force.

The terrorist who fatally fired and attacked a soldier and a citizen close to Ariel is remembered by the moniker of the new organization, Battalion of Martyr Omar Abu Laila.

In the northern West Bank settlement of Salfit, where a number of comparable groups have been active over the past year, a new armed organization has been formed.

The new organization is called the Battalion of Martyr Omar Abu Laila in honor of a Palestinian who committed a gunshot and knife assault near Ariel that resulted in the deaths of two Israelis, a soldier and a citizen.

At the Ariel intersection on March 17, 2019, Abu Laila slashed Sgt. Gal Keidan before seizing his pistol and firing, striking Rabbi Achiad Ettinger, who passed away from his injuries the following day.

A monument was built for Abu Laila in the hamlet of Abwein near Ramallah, where he concealed before being slain, and senior Palestinian Authority officials and leaders of the dominant Fatah group have since lauded him for carrying out the assault.

The organization makes its founding known.
The Battalion of Martyr Omar Abu Laila said in a statement released on Sunday that its “soldiers were preparing many surprises that would shake the brutal [Israeli] entity.”

Torment is coming to you, the group warned Israelis in a statement obtained by the Palestinian Khabar Press news agency. The regiment will remain in Salfit and its [neighboring] towns and grow there.

Salfit and its [neighboring] towns will be the Battalion’s new home and base of operations.

The Lions’ Den, Jenin Battalion, Nablus Battalion, and Balata Battalion are comparable organizations that have been active in the northern West Bank, particularly Nablus and Jenin.

Numerous shooters connected to different organizations, such as Fatah, Hamas, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, make up the gangs.

In the northern West Bank settlement of Tulkarm, a comparable organization has lately emerged. The Tulkarm Battalion-Rapid Response organization was in charge of a string of gunfire assaults against local Israeli troops and citizens.

Amir Abu Khadijeh, its creator and leader, was slain by Israeli soldiers last week in the hamlet of Ezbet Shufeh, east of Tulkarm. He was 25 years old. Khadijeh belonged to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a military wing of Fatah.

The PA security services have resisted taking significant action to restrain the armed organizations thus far. Several armed organizations have reportedly appeared in other parts of the West Bank, such as Bethlehem and Hebron, according to Palestinian sources.