The Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the Jenin refugee camp: killing a Palestinian soldier in a shooting at a military checkpoint
An Israeli soldier has died following a shooting at a military checkpoint in East Jerusalem on Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Twitter.
According to a Border Police spokesperson “a suspect arrived at the Shuafat crossing and fired at the security forces, in addition, a shot was fired from a passing vehicle. The Border Guard is searching for suspects.
A male in serious condition was flown to a hospital, and another female was treated at the scene and is not in serious condition.
Most of the international community consider the Shuafat refugee camp in East Jerusalem to be an area that should be kept quiet.
In a statement, Prime Minister Yair Lapid called the situation “serious” and said “many forces are deployed in the field and work day and night to protect the citizens of Israel. Our deepest sympathies go out to the victims and their families. Terror will not defeat us, we are strong, even on this difficult evening.”
The youngest was 14 years old and he was shot near a wall between Israel and the West Bank, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
When asked for comment about Daoud’s death, the Israel Defence Forces said they spotted a suspect who threw Molotov cocktails at them. The soldiers responded with live fire. The hit was identified. The incident is under review.”
The weekend shootings followed a deadly Israeli raid in the West Bank on Thursday that killed nine Palestinians, most of them militants. The Gaza Strip was fired at by Palestinian rockets in response to a series of Israeli airstrikes. In all, 32 Palestinians have been killed in fighting this month.
More than 130 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli-Palestinian fighting in the West Bank and east Jerusalem this year, making 2022 the deadliest year since 2006. The Israeli army says most of the Palestinians killed have been militants. But stone-throwing youths protesting Israeli army incursions and others not involved in confrontations have also been killed.
The IDF said forces were in the Jenin refugee camp to arrest an “Islamic Jihad operative” who it claims was “involved in terrorist activities, planning and carrying out shooting attacks towards IDF soldiers in the area.”
Tensions between Israelis and Palestinians have been surging for months, amid nightly Israeli raids in the occupied West Bank prompted by a spate of deadly attacks against Israelis that killed 19 people in the spring. There has been an increase inPalestinian attacks in recent weeks.
What is the big deal? It hasn’t played out as planned, by the way. This past week in Jerusalem has been particularly violent, after Israeli forces carried out their deadliest raid in the West Bank in years, killing nine Palestinians, including gunmen and a 61-year-old woman. More than 50 were injured.
There is a climate of fear and hatred in the occupied West Bank. Wennesland said that it is crucial to reduce tensions immediately to opening the space for important initiatives aimed at establishing a viable political horizon.
JERUSALEM — Two blasts went off near bus stops in Jerusalem at the height of morning rush hour on Wednesday, killing a Canadian-Israeli teenager and injuring at least 18, in what police said were suspected attacks by Palestinians.
The victim was identified as Aryeh Shechopek, a teenager who was heading to a Jewish seminary when the blast went off, according to a notice announcing his death. Canada’s Ambassador to Israel Lisa Stadelbauer said that Shechopek was a Canadian citizen. There were conflicting reports over Shechopek’s exact age.
Hours before the violence, a Palestinian attacked a West Bank hospital and carried out an Israeli citizen who had been injured in a car accident. Tensions could be heightened by that incident.
The developments took place as former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is holding coalition talks after national elections and is likely to return to power as head of what’s expected to be Israel’s most right-wing government ever.
Young Israelis chanting “death to terrorists” greeted Israel’s far right national security minister while he visited the scene of the attack. He said he would order police to set up checkpoints to inspect all Palestinians entering and leaving the attacker’s neighborhood, and he vowed to pursue legislation to institute the death penalty — which has almost never been carried out in its history — against convicted attackers.
“We must exact a price from terror,” he said at the scene of the first explosion. To restore deterrence against terror, we need to be in control of Israel.
Police, who were searching for the suspected attackers, said their initial findings showed that shrapnel-laden explosive devices were placed at the two sites. The twin blasts occurred amid the buzz of rush hour traffic and police briefly closed part of a main highway leading out of the city, where the first explosion went off. Video from shortly after the initial blast showed debris strewn along the sidewalk as the wail of ambulances blared. A bus in Ramot was pocked with what looked like shrapnel marks.
A medic at the scene of the first explosion told Israeli Army Radio that it was a “Crazy explosion”. “I saw people with wounds bleeding all over the place.”
It has become very rare for bombing attacks to be carried out by Palestinians since the end of the Palestinian uprising nearly two decades ago.
The Islamic militant Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip and once carried out suicide bombings against Israelis, praised the perpetrators of the attacks, calling it a heroic operation, but stopped short of claiming responsibility.
The Israeli government said it was closing two West Bank crossings due to the blasts in the city of Jenin.
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It was terrible. It was something that was inhumane,” Husam Ferro, the teen’s father, told Israeli news site YNet. “He was still alive and they took him in front of my eyes and I couldn’t do anything.”
A Druze community leader told YNet talks were underway on the body’s return to the family. Palestinian militants have in the past carried out kidnappings to seek concessions from Israel. If the body were not returned, the fighters would pay a heavy price.
But later Saturday, a 13-year-old Palestinian boy opened fire elsewhere in east Jerusalem, wounding an Israeli man and his son, ages 47 and 23, paramedics said. Both were fully conscious and in moderate to serious condition in the hospital, the medics added.
The Palestinians seek all three areas for a future independent state. Jerusalem has been annexed by Israel in a step that isn’t internationally recognized and is thought to be the city’s sole capital.
The announcement said that in response to public celebrations of the attack, Israel would take new steps to strengthen the settlements. This was the first time it gave any further details.
The announcement cast a cloud over a visit next week by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and threatened to further raise tensions following one of the bloodiest months in the West Bank and east Jerusalem in several years.
The Security Cabinet agreed to seal the attacker’s home before its demolition, according to Netanyahu’s office. It will make it simpler for Israelis to obtain gun licenses, and it will remove social security benefits for attackers’ families.
Washington did not respond immediately. The administration of Vice President Joe Biden opposed the construction of settlements in East Jerusalem and the West Bank because of the Palestinians’ desire for a future state. The topic is probably going to be high on the agenda when the leader of the coalition arrives in Israel and Palestine.
In addition, Netanyahu could come under pressure from members of his government, a collection of religious and ultranationalist politicians, to take even tougher action. The Hamas militant group in Gaza could be dragged into more violence by such steps.
“If it’s even possible to put this violent genie back into the bottle, even for a little while, this would require the reinforcement and proper deployment of forces … and carefully managing the crisis without being guided by the widespread calls for revenge,” wrote Amos Harel, the defense affairs commentator for the Haaretz newspaper.
Israel is moving to strengthen settlements after shooting attacks: Witnesses and witnesses at a synagogue in east Jerusalem on the Friday night
Friday’s shooting, outside a synagogue in east Jerusalem on the Jewish Sabbath, left seven Israelis dead and three wounded before the gunman was killed by police. The attack on Israelis was the worst in 15 years.
The names of several of the victims were published. They were joined by Asher Natan, Eli Mizrahi and his wife Natali, and Rafael Ben Eliahu. Funerals for some victims were scheduled Saturday night.
On Saturday evening, mourners lit candles near the synagogue, while a crowd chanted “Leftists go home” while an Israeli television crew came to the area.
The aunt of Natali Mizrahi said that she heard gunfire while her niece was celebrating the Jewish Sabbath with her husband and father.
“They wanted to help and went out of the house to treat the wounded,” said a statement from Hadassah Hospital, which Natali Mizrahi worked at.
In the wake of the shooting, the Israeli police beefed up their activities in east Jerusalem and have arrested 42 people who were connected to the shooter.
Police said the two people who shot and disarmed the attacker were licensed weapons users. Police confiscated his handgun and took the wounded teen to a hospital.
Source: https://www.npr.org/2023/01/29/1152383010/israel-is-moving-to-strengthen-settlements-after-shooting-attacks
Israel’s response to the Friday night shooting of Ben-Gvir has not failed to restore a democratic law of state in the 21st century
Blinken is expected to arrive in Israel on Monday. The Biden administration condemned Friday night’s shooting and has called for calm on all sides, but given few details on how it expects to promote these goals.
Palestinians in east Jerusalem are able to work and move freely throughout Israel, but they are unable to vote in national elections due to subpar public services.
Itamar Ben-Gvir, the new minister of national security, has made headlines by promising to take even stronger action against the Palestinians.
Speaking to reporters at a hospital where victims were being treated, Ben-Gvir said he wanted the home of the gunman in Friday’s attack to be sealed off immediately as a punitive measure and lashed out at Israel’s attorney general for delaying his order.
The new government wants to strengthen the power of unelected judges, which they say has overwhelming powers in Israel’s justice system.
Protesters in Israel say the proposed changes to the Supreme Court would undermine democracy and impair the impartiality of the court.
Tens of thousands of people rallied in the central city of Tel Aviv for a new protest Saturday night. Some raised banners describing Netanyahu and Ben-Gvir as “a threat to world peace.”
The Palestinian leadership in the West Bank, meanwhile, upheld its decision to halt security coordination with Israel to protest the deadly raid in Jenin.
The Palestinian Authority called on the international community and the US to get Israel to stop its attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank.
There is a need for the government and people ofIsrael to know that America’s commitment to their security is very much intact. That commitment is backed up by nearly 75 years of U.S. support. America’s commitment has never wavered, and never will.
Two Israelis are killed in a Palestinian ramming a car with a knife: The case of Hussein Karakeh
Israeli police say a Palestinian rammed a car into them in Jerusalem, killing at least two people and wounding several others. This comes two weeks after a spike in attacks between Palestinians and Israelis.
Police say an off-duty policeman shot and killed the driver. Israeli media identified him as a Palestinian named Hussein Karakeh, who lives in East Jerusalem.