The army bulldozed the family home of Bilal Abu Zeid in the town of Qabatiya for his alleged involvement in a February attack on Israeli police officers that left one dead and one wounded.
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A view of the West Bank Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim is seen near Jerusalem.
Some 34 Israelis and two visiting Americans have been killed since mid-September.
Elsewhere, Israeli soldiers kidnapped, earlier Monday, at least seventeen Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including one who came under fire of an armed Israeli paramilitary settler, before the soldiers abducted him. Baradiya’s brother, Ibrahim, was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers at the entrance to the refugee camp on April 14 after he attempted to attack a soldier with an ax, according to Maan.
Some members of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government openly dismiss the idea of a Palestinian state, suggesting Israel should annex what is known as Area C of the West Bank, which makes up over 60 percent of the territory and is where almost all Israel’s settlements are located.
Israeli police said Sunday they thwarted a bomb attack at Jerusalem’s light rail by a Palestinian youth.
With much of the Middle East in turmoil, the global community finds itself pulled in multiple directions and Mladenov acknowledged there was a degree of fatigue over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which has consumed diplomats’ attention and energy for almost 70 years.
Egyptian officials have resorted to denial after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was joined by Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry in al-Quds (Jerusalem) to watch the Euro 2016 soccer final. The military did not disclose what role Abu Zeid allegedly played in the attack.
Clashes erupted when the military convoy arrived, with Israel’s military saying soldiers responded after being targeted by Molotov cocktails and fire from improvised guns.
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