Palestinian Authority police commit another terrorist attack
PA police commissioner claims the police are "loyal to the law"
Fatah's terror wing glorified police terrorist as "heroic Martyr," "our fortunate hero," stressing that "he was fulfilling the duty of struggle and engaging in armed confrontation with enemy"
Father of PA police terrorist praises his "Martyrdom:" "Our Lord chose him"
Hamas-affiliated network honored PA police terrorist by sharing video of him posing with and firing an assault rifle
Palestinian social media applauded PA police terrorist as "Jihad fighter" and "a son of the Fatah Movement, a son of the Palestinian Security Forces"
When Palestinian Authority police officer and Fatah's Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades terror-wing member Younes Walid Shtayyeh shot at Israeli special forces and wounded an Israeli soldier near Nablus, it was not cause for self-scrutiny on behalf of the PA police. On the contrary, two days later, PA Police Commissioner Allam Al-Saqqa elaborated on the "professional police establishment, which acts as a law enforcement body." He stressed that the PA police force "maintains security, public order, and morality," a message the official PA TV reporter summarized by claiming the PA police are "loyal… to the law:"
PA Police Commissioner Allam Al-Saqqa: "[Our progress] emphasizes the integrative relationship between the State Prosecutor's Office and the [PA] Police, through participation in enforcing justice in the criminal field, which is being protected by a skilled State Prosecutor's Office that is striving to strengthen the rule of law, alongside a professional police establishment, which acts as a law enforcement body, operates in coordination with the State Prosecutor's Office and under its supervision, maintains security, public order and morality, and fulfills its role within the framework of the law" …
Official PA TV reporter: "It was emphasized that the work does not deviate from the compass of protecting rights and freedoms, and that the loyalty of police employees and State Prosecutor's Office employees to the mission of the law will remain the first guarantee for the Palestinian civilian that they will continue to be a source of security and a foundation for the [Palestinian] state."
[Official PA TV News, Nov. 22, 2025]
According to PA ideology, there really is no contradiction between trying to murder Israelis and maintaining the law. Fatah and Hamas alike glorified the "operation" of police terrorist Shtayyeh, and after he was killed by Israeli forces, social media overflowed with praise for him.
Palestinian Media Watch has documented the double role of the PA police and Security Forces as cops by day and terrorists by night many times, recently in the report Terrorists in Uniform.
Fatah's terror wing announced with "pride and glory" that Shtayyeh's funeral was a "wedding" and stressed that the PA police officer died while "fulfilling the duty of struggle and engaging in armed confrontation with enemy." The Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades also used the opportunity to pledge to continue "the path of struggle" until "the removal" of the State of Israel:
Posted text: "A military statement by the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
With all signs of pride and glory, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades in Palestine lead in the wedding joy (i.e., a Martyr's funeral is considered his wedding to the 72 Virgins in Paradise in Islam) of … one of our fortunate heroes:
Martyr fighter Younes Walid Shtayyeh – one of the fighters of the Al-Aqsa [Martyrs'] Brigades – Nablus
Who ascended to Heaven as a Martyr on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025... while he was fulfilling the duty of struggle and engaging in armed confrontation with enemy ...
The Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, while accompanying the Martyr commander to the wedding, pledge before Allah that their fighters will continue … on the path of struggle and resistance, until the removal of the occupation (i.e., Israel) from our land and our occupied holy sites.
This is a revolution until victory!
The Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades – Palestine
The military wing of the Fatah Movement
Saturday... Nov. 22, 2025"[Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, Telegram channel, Nov. 22, 2025]
Fatah political officials paid condolence visits to the family, while Fatah's terror wing described the police terrorist as a "heroic Martyr":
Posted text: "Fatah Movement Nablus District Secretary Muhammad Hamdan 'Abu Al-Mutaz' and members of the district committee in a visit of blessing and condolences on the ascent to Heaven of heroic Martyr Younes Walid Shtayyeh."
Condolence visit by Fatah's political officials.
[Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, Telegram channel, Nov. 22, 2025]
The terrorist's father praised his death as a "Martyr," saying it was "anticipated" and that Allah "chose him":
Father of terrorist Younes Walid Shtayyeh: "Younes... there is no one who doesn't love him... May Allah have mercy on him [and] be pleased with him... He asked for [Martyrdom] and achieved it.We anticipated this... We consider him a Martyr with Allah... The [Israeli] army's special forces besieged the area… He took his weapon and went out, he fought them outside and fell as a Martyr… All this is the decree of Almighty Allah. Our Lord chose him [to be a Martyr]."
["Nablus News," Telegram channel, Nov. 22, 2025]
A Hamas-affiliated network honored the terrorist, sharing a video of him posing with and firing an assault rifle, while a song played in the background:
Song lyrics: "Do not mourn, for eternal life awaits us
Shed no tears, for Paradise is the appointed meeting place
I sacrifice myself to meet Allah, for the sake of life [in Paradise] and [Allah's] satisfaction"Posted text: "Images of [PA] police officer Martyr Younes Shtayyeh, the one who carried out the shooting operation on the occupation (i.e., Israeli) soldiers while they were making arrests in Nablus a few days ago. [An operation] in which he ascended to Heaven while confronting an Israeli Yamam force."
[Quds News Network (Hamas), Telegram channel, Nov. 22, 2025]
The "Al-Quds Brigades – Grandchildren of Glory," Islamic Jihad's terror wing, posted pictures of the terrorist, pointing out he was a police officer:
Posted text: "[PA] police officer Martyr Younes Walid Shtayyeh, whom the occupation (i.e., Israel) accuses of shooting at its forces during the raid on Nablus yesterday"
["Al-Quds Brigades – Grandchildren of Glory," Telegram channel, Nov. 21, 2025]
Other groups applauded terrorist Shtayyeh as a "Jihad fighter" and stressed that he was "a son of the Fatah Movement. A son of the Palestinian Security Forces:"
Text on poster: "‘Among the believers are men true to what they promised Allah. Among them is he who has fulfilled his vow [to the death], and among them is he who awaits [his chance]. And they did not alter [the terms of their commitment] by any alteration' [Quran 33:23, Sahih International translation]
The Islamic Resistance Movement 'Hamas'
Leads to his wedding
Martyr Jihad fighter
and police officer Younes Walid Shtayyeh
Who was shot by the occupation (i.e., Israel) and ascended to Heaven on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, after they besieged his home in the village of Kafr Tell southwest of Nablus.
[Shtayyeh] is the one who, with his comrade, carried out the shooting operation (i.e., terror attack) a few days ago in [Nablus], which led to the wounding of one of the occupation's soldiers.
This is Jihad – Victory or Martyrdom"["Messenger of the Al-Qassam Brigades," Telegram channel, Nov. 22, 2025]
The image shows PA police officer and terrorist Younes Walid Shtayyeh holding an assault rifle while wearing a mask and a headband of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, with the following text on it: "Eagles of the field – the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades."
Text on poster: "The Palestinian National Liberation Movement 'Fatah' –
Nablus District… Leads in the wedding joy to supernal Heaven their son
Martyr [PA police] officer – Younes Walid Shtayyeh
A son of the Fatah Movement. A son of the Palestinian [PA] Security Forces. A son of Kafr Tell of resolve and Martyrs
Glory and eternity to the pure Martyrs – This is a revolution until victory"["Lion's Den of the Brigades," Telegram channel, Nov. 21, 2025]
Posted text: "In response to the death as a Martyr of his son [Younes Walid Shtayyeh] in Kafr Tell in the Nablus district –
The father of [PA] police officer Martyr Younes Shtayyeh: 'My son sought Martyrdom and achieved it. When the Israeli special force besieged the house, Younes asked his sisters and the family to stay inside – and he went out himself, raising his weapon against the enemy, and shot at them, and he died as a Martyr at the entrance of the house. This is the situation of all our people.'"
["Nablus News," Telegram channel, Nov. 22, 2025]