Nablus, ALRAY - Palestinian youth Tamer al-Kilani, a member of the Lion’s Den resistance groups, was assassinated early on Sunday in an explosion in the Old City of Nablus.

The Lion’s Den resistance groups said in a statement that the youth al-Kilani was assassinated with an explosive device planted on a motorcycle, as he was going through al-Yasmina neighborhood in the Old City of Nablus.

The groups blamed the Israeli occupation forces for the killing of its member al-Kilani, vowing a painful response to his assassination.

Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian cities suffer from almost daily attacks by the Israeli occupation forces and settlers, resulting in many injuries and sometimes martyrs among them.