The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), for its part, said that a total of 539 Palestinians’ homes were demolished by Israeli authorities and 742 Palestinians were forced to leave their homes.
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Six countries in Europe’s document-free travel area now have wide-ranging border checks in place following Denmark’s decision on Monday to tighten controls on its southern border with Germany.
Two young Israelis were charged Sunday in connection with a deadly arson attack in July on a Palestinian home in the West Bank, a case that Israeli leaders condemned as Jewish terrorism and that enraged Palestinians.
The stabber, identified by Israel Police as a 17-year-old resident of eastern Jerusalem who holds Israeli citizenship, was shot by police at the scene and evacuated to the hospital with a gunshot wound to his leg.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved a return to the policy of home demolitions in October, despite objections by a military committee that they do not deter attacks. News storiesdisplayed here appear in our category for worldwide and are licensed via a specific agreement between LongIsland.comand The Associated Press, the world’s oldest and largest news organization.
“I believe it’s a sad day because we know what the suspects went through in the investigation, all the torture, all the violence”, lawyer Hay Haber told reporters.
It also prompted the Israeli government to approve the use of administrative detention – a procedure under which a military court can order suspects to be detained indefinitely without charge or trial – for suspected Jewish terrorists.
Also Tuesday, a Palestinian man who was suspected of planning to carry out a terror attack in central Israel was arrested following a large-scale manhunt.
Police released disturbing video footage of the attack on Malkei Israel Street this past October, which killed one and wounded two others.
“We are against murder of any kind”.
“We will fight against them firmly and with all means and tools at our disposal”, he added. This, compared to 65.5% in the Arab Israeli sector.
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In the neighbourhood of Jabel Mukaber, the home of Palestinian Alaa Abu Jamal was filled with concrete and sealed off, an AFP reporter at the scene said. Most of the others were killed in clashes with security forces.
