Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades opened fire in the air near the PNA headquarters in Tulkarem, where the Palestinian Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Nasser Al-Shaer was present. Palestinian security sources said that several armed men, along with families of POWs demanded the government to pay out the stipend of the children of the POWs. A Hamas group negotiated with the brigades to allow Al-Shaer to leave the headquarters but when he left dozens of armed men blocked his patrol and opened fire in the air. The Palestinian official vowed to pay out the stipend of the POWs and the freed prisoners within one week, stressing the importance of the national unity.