Saturday’s shooting followed a tense day on Friday in which two suspected Palestinian stabbers were shot dead and 19 others were wounded by Israeli fire in West Bank clashes, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
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Two Palestinians allegedly tried to stab the Israeli police at a West Bank checkpoint on Friday, one of whom was shot dead while the other was wounded by Israeli fire, the police said.
Israeli soldiers prevent Palestinian medics from treating him, violently shoving them and ordering them away.
Palestinian authorities say eight-month-old Ramadan Thawabteh was suffocated by tear gas fired by Israeli soldiers during a Palestinian protest in Bethlehem.
Two Israelis, one aged 13, were injured in the attack near the illegal Pisgat Zeev settlement.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said forces confronted with stone-throwing Palestinians had used teargas in the area, but that it was sacked dozens of meters away from the home of the family and that an investigation concluded there to be no direct link to the baby’s death.
Amnesty worldwide has urged Israeli authorities to protect Palestinians in Hebron “from attacks by Israeli settlers” which the rights group say have “escalated” in less than a month.
In the Netherlands, Abbas is scheduled to meet King Willem-Alexander and speak with global Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda about “grave Israeli escalation in occupied Palestine”, Palestinian officials said.
While a spate of protests and attacks in Jerusalem has eased, tensions have concentrated in Hebron, where near-daily clashes pit youths against soldiers has led it to be the focus of Israel’s security forces.
Paramedics evacuate a wounded Palestinian attacker in Jerusalem on Friday, October 30, 2015.
Members from Palestinian solidarity organizations and their supporters marched to the Embassy of Israel in Buenos Aires on Friday to call for peace and to condemn the Israeli government amid a recent wave of violence between Palestinians and Israelis.
Another video reveals the gratuitously violent – and perhaps genocidal – mindset of Israeli occupation forces who invade Palestinian towns and villages.
It got here at a time of heightened tensions between Israelis and Palestinians within the occupied territories, Jerusalem and Israel.
CIDI Director Hanna Luden told Abbas of “serious concern about incitement, including by yourself, in saying that Israel wants to build a third temple on the Temple Mount”.
The military barred Palestinians between the ages of 15 and 25 from entering a major Hebron shrine that is revered by both Muslims and Jews, said senior Muslim cleric Munther Abu Felat. But the presence of 500 Israelis settlers near the city centre, protected by barbed wire, watchtowers and a buffer zone patrolled by the Israeli army, has helped make it a hotbed for unrest.
Palestinian leaders claim that Israel is trying to change the status quo at the site, though all non-Muslim religious activity remains forbidden and non-Muslim visiting hours remain restricted.
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The Israeli military said that in light of recent stabbing attacks in the area, “several precautionary measures were taken to contain potential attacks in the future and maintain the well-being and safety of Israelis”.
