The Kingdom warned yesterday that the situation between Palestinians and Israelis is heading towards a further dangerous escalation following two shootings in Jerusalem that killed 7 Israelis Peace and the end of the occupation.
In addition, yesterday, two Israelis were wounded in a gun battle against a 13-year-old Palestinian boy near the Old City of Jerusalem, just hours after another shooting took place in the area of the settlement of Neve Yacoub (Nabi Yacob) in occupied East Jerusalem, attacked to the synagogue and killed him. It houses at least seven Israelis.
An Israeli ambulance spokesman said: “A 23-year-old man is in a serious condition, and a 47-year-old man is in a moderate to severe condition, they received gunshot wounds to the upper body. “
Police said they “immobilized” the wounded shooter, adding that he was a “13-year-old” Palestinian living in East Jerusalem, which Israel occupied and annexed in 1967.
And earlier on Saturday, police announced the arrest of 42 people, including family members of the Palestinian shooter.
In a statement, he confirmed that he had “arrested for questioning 42 suspects, some of whom are members of the perpetrator’s family,” in addition to residents of his neighborhood in East Jerusalem, which Israel has occupied and annexed.
The police announced the death of the perpetrator, confirming that he was 21 years old from East Jerusalem.
He posted a photo of a white Toyota car pierced in front by bullets, explaining that it belonged to the attacker, whom I was looking for when he tried to flee the place.
“Tonight we will take immediate steps in response to the attack and you will hear about them tonight,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. He urged Israelis not to take the law into their own hands, saying, “We have police services and we have an army.”
Netanyahu had previously visited the crash site and spoke to those present, with some chanting slogans including: “Death to the Arabs,” according to a French news agency correspondent.
The two attacks came after a bloody operation by the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank, in which nine Palestinians were killed in the Jenin camp, where the Israeli army carried out on Saturday the largest raid in the occupied West Bank since the Second Intifada from 2000 to 2005.
The Israeli army’s operation in Jenin prompted the Palestinian Authority to announce the end of security coordination with Israel, which was criticized by the United States.
The death toll of Palestinians in the West Bank has risen to 30 this year, including combatants and civilians, most of whom were killed by Israeli forces, and 2022 saw the highest death toll in the Palestinian territories, according to the United Nations.
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Washington and Paris call for calm, “closed meeting” of the Security Council. The Palestinians are halting security coordination. Netanyahu threatens and threatens