It then shows another close-up of al-Muhtasib, but this time he is covered in much more blood. The soldiers are wearing vests that identify them as belonging to Israel’s paramilitary Border Police. Nine Palestinian demonstrators were wounded by rubber bullets, Palestinian medics said.
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The text was circulated this week to the 15-member council, Israel, the Palestinians and other countries in the region to gauge reaction.
But a Palestinian official in Hebron said Friday that the return of a few of the bodies was an Israeli step aimed at restoring calm in the city after a wave of daily violence, Ynet reported. But he says there can be no peace until the Palestinians recognize Israel’s right to exist.
Ahmed Manasra (C), a 13-year old Palestinian accused of taking part in the stabbing of two Israelis earlier this month, is escorted by Israeli security during a hearing at a Jerusalem court on October 30, 2015. As he lay seriously wounded, Israelis gathered round shouting abuse and urging police to shoot him.
His 15-year-old cousin Hasan Khalid Manasra was shot dead by police during the incident. Israel denies such claims. Israel has detained the bodies after accusing the deceased of attempting to stab or stabbing Israelis.
On Friday three Palestinian civilians, including an 8-month-old baby, were killed and more than 80 others injured during ongoing clashes in occupied West Bank, Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip.
“The struggle is always born in the camps”, Mr Mahmoud Fannoun, leader of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, said. She rejects criticism from the worldwide community regarding the West Bank settlement policies and says she will make every effort to achieve global recognition for West Bank settlements, a move widely opposed by the worldwide community.
In one attack, a Palestinian stabbed and lightly wounded a border guard near a shrine in Hebron known to Jews as the Cave of the Patriarchs and to Muslims as the Ibrahimi Mosque.
Friday’s incidents were the latest series of Palestinian attacks that began in mid-September and were accompanied by widespread unrest, including clashes between Palestinian stone-throwers and Israeli troops.
A Palestinian baby boy died Friday after choking on tear gas fired by Israeli forces as new knife attacks and clashes shook Jerusalem and the West Bank.
“Even if it doesn’t have the same impact that the announcement of new settlements would, it’s undeniably a gesture from Netanyahu”, she said.
Ahmad Hamada Qneibi from Kafr Aqab died of his wounds after being shot by police in Jerusalem.
Thousands of Palestinian mourners gathered for the funerals of the five teenagers, including two girls, in Hebron, a powder-keg in the decades-old Palestinian-Israeli conflict. He was shot and killed by security forces. They will be buried on Saturday.
Violence has recently escalated across the occupied Palestinian territories and Israel.
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He did meet senior Israeli officials and was told of their opposition to a United Nations resolution, it said. These temporary homes have turned into seething, poverty-stricken cities.
