Dozens of settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque
Clashes in the West Bank and a shooting attack in Jerusalem
An Israeli policeman stops Palestinians at the entrance to Shuafat camp yesterday.
AFP
Officials said that the Israeli forces killed two Palestinian youths in clashes in the West Bank, and the Israeli police stated that a gunman had killed a female soldier in a shooting attack in Jerusalem, while the Islamic Endowment Department in Jerusalem announced that dozens of settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque yesterday, under the protection of the Israeli police.
Yesterday, the Israeli army announced the death of a female soldier as a result of injuries she sustained in an armed attack in northern Jerusalem. Yesterday, at the Shuafat checkpoint.
Yesterday dawn, the Israeli forces closed the entrances to the Shuafat camp and the town of Anata in Jerusalem, and prevented Palestinian citizens from moving. Palestinian media said that the camp witnessed violent confrontations during the Israeli forces' search for the perpetrator of the shooting attack, and a special unit of the Israeli army arrested four young Jerusalemites at Anata military checkpoint, and they raided the homes of Palestinian citizens, and arrested a number of them. The military operation in Shuafat lasted for about six hours, with the participation of large forces of special units and an Israeli Air Force helicopter.
The Shehab news agency reported that the shooter managed to reach the Shuafat checkpoint on foot, and shot the female soldier and a security guard when he was being examined, and then withdrew.
In addition, Palestinian officials said that the Israeli forces killed two Palestinian youths and wounded others with bullets in clashes in the West Bank city of Jenin, the day before yesterday.
The Israeli army stated that its forces came under fire and threw Molotov cocktails during an operation to arrest a wanted member of the "Jihad Movement" in the West Bank, while the official Palestinian news agency (Wafa) reported that the Israeli forces directly fired live bullets at a number of journalists while covering the violent confrontations in the West Bank. Jenin city.
Figures from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) indicate that 84 Palestinians were killed between January 1 and September 20, and the UN Middle East envoy, Tor Wencesland, said: “I am concerned about the deteriorating security situation and the escalation of armed clashes in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.” .
For his part, Palestinian presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh warned in a statement against the Israeli persistence, and said that "the continuation of the escalation will push matters towards a comprehensive explosion and a point of no return, which will have devastating consequences for all."
On the other hand, the Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem reported that dozens of settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque yesterday, under the protection of the Israeli police.
The Department of Endowments said that "dozens of settlers stormed Al-Aqsa from the Mughrabi Gate in groups, performed rituals in the eastern region of it, and carried out provocative tours in its courtyards, accompanied by rabbis."
Jerusalem authorities and institutions issued calls for a pilgrimage to Al-Aqsa Mosque between the 10th and 17th of this month, coinciding with calls by Israeli organizations for a massive storming of the mosque during one of the Jewish holidays at that time.
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