Xinhua News Agency, Ramallah, January 27th
Summary : The situation between Palestine and Israel is tense again, and many parties call for preventing the escalation of the situation
Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Weijian
Since the beginning of 2023, the tension in the Palestine-Israel region has intensified. The Israeli army has clashed with Palestinians in the West Bank of the Jordan River and in many areas of Jerusalem, causing casualties.
According to statistics from the Pakistani Ministry of Health, nearly 30 Palestinians have been killed in this year's conflict so far.
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt and other countries, as well as the United Nations, expressed concern about the situation in Palestine and Israel and called for preventing the situation from escalating.
On the 26th, Israeli troops clashed with Palestinians in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, killing nine Palestinians.
This is a conflict with the highest death toll in the West Bank in recent years, which has triggered strong reactions from various political factions in Palestine.
Palestinian presidential spokesman Abu Rudina issued a statement on the evening of the 26th, announcing that Palestine had decided to stop security coordination with the Israeli government.
The Palestinian militant group fired two rockets at Israel late that night in retaliation.
According to Israeli media reports, the Israeli army raised its state of alert after the conflict in Jenin, ready to deal with retaliation from Palestinian armed groups in the Gaza Strip at any time.
In the early hours of the 27th, the IDF dispatched warplanes to bomb the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) military targets in the Gaza Strip in retaliation for earlier rocket attacks.
The tension between Palestine and Israel has aroused many concerns.
Countries in the Middle East including Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Jordan have condemned Israel's killing of Palestinians.
The United Nations Special Envoy for the Middle East, Thor Venneslan, issued a statement on the 26th expressing concern about the ongoing conflict between Palestine and Israel, calling for an immediate easing of tension and the prevention of more casualties.
According to media reports, US Secretary of State Blinken will visit Egypt, Israel and Palestine at the end of this month. This visit may involve tensions between Palestine and Israel.
A Palestinian source told Xinhua that although all parties have been trying to mediate, the Palestinian armed groups still plan to take retaliatory actions under the pressure of the domestic public.
After the conflict in Jenin, Palestinians held protests in many areas of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, demanding a tough stance against Israel.
Analysts believe that although the Palestinian leadership and armed groups have taken a tough stance after the Jenin conflict, both Palestine and Israel do not want to see further expansion of the situation.