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UN Criticizes Israel for ‘Excessive Use of Force’ Against Terrorists

A Palestinian guy died Monday. after ramming his auto in to pedestrians at a crowded bus stop at the western entrance to Jerusalem, wounding 9, in accordance to Israeli cops officers.

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Since mid-September, Palestinians have killed 21 Israelis, while Israelis have killed 117 Palestinians, 76 of them said by Israel to be attackers.

She added that the forces were conducting arrests and confiscating weapons in the Qalandiya refugee camp, near Ramallah.

Since October 1, nearly daily attacks by Palestinians and clashes with Israeli soldiers have killed 119 on the Palestinian side, 17 Israelis, an American and an Eritrean. Three soldiers were injured.

Israel has said that 78 of them were assailants, and the rest were killed in clashes with Israeli forces.

According to Israeli media, the suspects are hard-line young settlers, belonging to the so-called “hilltop youths”, groups of settlers who have been carrying out thousands of cases of vandalism and arson attacks on mosques, churches, and Palestinian property in recent years.

In a second incident elsewhere in the camp, paramilitary Border Police shot dead the driver of another vehicle who tried to ram them, a police spokeswoman said.

Witnesses told local news agency Maan that Israeli forces left Jahajha to “bleed to death” before taking his body and detaining another resident who had been shot and injured.

The organization also vowed to free its Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails in prisoner swaps similar to those implemented in the past.

Forces killed two Palestinians in the Qalandiya refugee camp at dawn on November 16 during a raid to demolish the home of an alleged Palestinian attacker.

This week, the United Nations voiced concern over an “unacceptable” wave of Palestinians attacking Israelis, but also criticised Israeli authorities’ reported “excessive use of force” in response to the attacks.

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In his speech, the Palestinian leader repeated accusations that Israel was seeking to change the status quo on the Temple Mount and that this had been a major source of Palestinian rage directed at Israelis.

Palestinians wait to be checked by Israeli soldiers patrolling the streets of the West Bank city of Hebron