On Friday, Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinians and an infant died after inhaling tear gas.
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On Friday evening, Israel also returned the remains of 22-year-old Muataz Atallah Qassem from Eizariya in East Jerusalem, who was shot dead by an IDF soldier after he stabbed and critically wounded a 20-year-old female soldier in the West Bank last week.
Sixty-three Palestinians and one Israeli Arab have also been killed.
Moments after a stabbing at French Hill light rail station, at which 2 Israelis injured, and an attacker was shot.
Amnesty global has urged Israeli authorities to protect Palestinians in Hebron “from attacks by Israeli settlers”, which the rights group says have “escalated” in less than a month.
These Palestinian postings include caricatures and video reenactments demonizing Israelis, graphics with instructions on “how to stab a Jew”, and calls for attacks on Facebook before carrying out stabbings.
In the Bab al-Zawiya area of the city, around 300 protesters clashed with Israeli troops, who used live ammunition, rubber-coated steel bullets, tear gas and stun grenades.
Since the beginning of the month, a wave of attacks against Jews as well as ongoing clashes between security forces and Palestinian protesters have left at least 63 Palestinians, including alleged attackers, and nine Israelis dead.
On Friday, the Palestinians met with the prosecutor of the worldwide Criminal Court at the court’s headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands, to hand over documentation on the recent violence. She says Israel has tried too hard to appease the world and must stand up for itself, as well as asserting that Israel owes no apologies for its policies toward the Palestinians.
When medical personnel showed up to treat the young man who was hit by the jeep, Israelis pushed them away, according to PressTV. And this week, Netanyahu did what had been done to him: he had to rein in one of his top officials after she said her “dream” was to see the Israeli flag flying over Al-Haram Al-Sharif, which she calls Temple Mount.
Meanwhile, Israeli media said numerous Palestinians have been wounded in clashes with Israeli forces along the border fence which separates the blockaded Gaza Strip from the occupied territories.
Friday’s attack was the first in Jerusalem since October 17, when a Palestinian assailant attempted to stab Border Police officers before being shot and killed.
Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour supported New Zealand’s efforts but he said the resolution did not address the need for Palestinian civilians to be protected, the newspaper said.
The military barred Palestinians between the ages of 15 and 25 from entering a major Hebron shrine that is revered by both Muslims and Jews, said senior Muslim cleric Munther Abu Felat. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, 71 Palestinians have been killed since the start of October.
“How can I tell them not to go there?” he asked of the clashes that take place at the foot of the Israeli-built wall encircling Bethlehem.
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Another factor, he said, is that Israeli soldiers at the checkpoints are trigger happy, a situation likely made worse by the inciting portrayals of knife-wielding Palestinians in the Israeli media.
