A number of Palestinians were wounded in the clashes that broke out after Friday prayers in protest against the settlements and settler attacks in the West Bank, at a time when Israel is continuing a campaign of arrests among Palestinian youths in the occupied interior.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society confirmed that its teams dealt with more than 20 injuries from live bullets and rubber-coated metal, and suffocation from tear gas, most of which were concentrated in a house southeast of Nablus, where Palestinians went out in a peaceful march after Friday prayers to protest against settlers' attempts to seize Jabal Sabih in The town and its transformation into an outpost.
National and Islamic forces and youth groups called for demonstrations in the West Bank to protest against the continued occupation and settlers in their violations of the Palestinian territories.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned the approval of the Israeli authorities to build 560 new settlement units southeast of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry held the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fully and directly responsible for the settlement expansion and confiscation of Palestinian lands, and warned of its disastrous consequences for the chances of achieving peace based on the principle of the two-state solution.
Israel continues to embarrass the American administration - according to the statements of the Palestinian Foreign Ministry - through the escalation of its settlement and aggression.
Campaign of arrests inside
In the Palestinian interior, the Israeli police continue the campaign of arrests, which they started in Palestinian villages and towns, under the pretext of maintaining security and applying the law.
The occupation police put about 500 people on the list of those targeted, including young men and women, who campaigned for Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa and condemned the aggression on the Gaza Strip.
Since the beginning of the campaign, 418 were arrested, and 175 indictments were charged that included disturbing public order, rioting, and assault on police personnel, among others.
The Follow-up Committee (the highest body representing Palestinians inside the Green Line) has condemned the arrests campaign that has affected about two thousand people since the beginning of the gift, and said that it aims to undermine the peaceful protest of Palestinian citizens and take revenge on them for standing by their people.
The Arab Emergency Committee, which emanates from the High Follow-up Committee for the Palestinian People in Israel, said in a report that Anadolu Agency reviewed, that it monitors the cases of attacks and arrests against Palestinian citizens (in Israel).
She added: One of the most prominent data collected so far indicates that the arrests campaign did not stop for a moment, with an average of 100 people being arrested every day.
She added that, as of Thursday evening, more than 150 cases of assault on people, either by police or settler gangs, had been documented.
For his part, Committee Chairman Muhammad Baraka warned the occupation government of the repercussions of this police campaign, which he described as representing state terrorism.
In Lod, the family of Palestinian martyr Musa Hassouna demonstrated in front of the city district court, to denounce the decision to release the settler who killed Musa during the recent events inside the Green Line, calling for a re-investigation of the murderer.
The family's lawyer said that the Israeli police investigation considered the crime as self-defense, which encourages "Jewish terrorism" against Palestinian citizens of mixed cities and other towns within the Green Line.
Quiet in Jerusalem
In occupied Jerusalem, and specifically in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, dozens of Israeli peace supporters, along with a number of Palestinian leaderships demonstrated in the occupied interior, and Palestinians from the Holy City neighborhoods, which Israel is threatening to deport its residents from their homes.
These demonstrators called for an end to the occupation and an end to the "policy of ethnic cleansing" pursued by Israel in Sheikh Jarrah, Silwan and other neighborhoods of Jerusalem, and they raised banners calling for protection for Palestinians in the targeted neighborhoods.
Not far from the occupied holy city, about 40,000 Palestinians participated in Friday prayers at the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The prayer ended quietly, without any events or confrontations mentioned.
The occupation forces did not impose any restrictions on the entry of worshipers, but kept their regular forces on standby at the blessed mosque and at the entrances to the Old City.