Meanwhile, also on Monday, Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas referred to the last three months of violence against Israelis as a “justified popular uprising,” saying that young Palestinian demonstrators were “driven by despair” because “a two-state solution is not coming”.
Advertisement
India and Russia eye nuclear, helicopter deals before Modi’s Moscow visit
Modi will also visit the Russian Emercom agency, a centre for national disaster management forces, where he will be briefed on the real-time monitoring of civil emergencies.
Pouilly said that the “wave of stabbings, shootings, and car-rammings” which “continues to kill and injure Israelis” is “unacceptable”, but that the response from the IDF “has resulted in alleged attackers, protesters, and even bystanders being killed and injured”.
Valeant Agrees to Drug Pricing, Distribution Pact with Walgreens
The Canadian pharmaceutical company also reduced the prices of its dermatological and ophthalmological products by 10 percent. After losing 73 per cent over the past few months, Valeant’s shares increased more than 15 per cent on Tuesday.
Two cars were later seen with a large number of bullet holes in the camp.
Jennifer Lawrence Admits She’s Kissed Liam Hemsworth Off-Screen During
Was it the year she won? Wow! We can’t say we’re shocked! I just, you know, I’m very opinionated. Watch Lawrence’s interview, including her admission about getting high before the Oscars, below.
The raid was the latest round in violence that began on 1 October, with nearly daily knife, gun and car-ramming attacks carried out by the Palestinians against Israelis.
Qalandiya camp was established in 1949 in the wake of the creation of Israel and has grown into a densely populated town with 11,000 registered refugees.
A poll published by the Palestinian Centre for Policy and Survey Research indicated that 67% of respondents supported stabbing attacks against Israelis and that, if the attacks were increased, it “would serve Palestinian national interests in ways that negotiations could not”.
Police later confirmed that the Palestinian assailant, a 21-year-old from Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, had died, while Israel’s medical services said none of the victims’ injuries was life-threatening.
Worldwide condemnation of Israel’s actions in the occupied territory has also intensified and foreign powers have expressed concern over what they say is excessive use of force.
Another 22 Israelis or foreigners have been killed over the same period.
Israeli authorities Wednesday demolished a Palestinian-owned house and razed the area where the house was built on in the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in Jerusalem, according to local sources.
Advertisement
The violence has killed 119 on the Palestinian side, 17 Israelis, an American and an Eritrean.
