Settlers damage Palestinian vehicles, set fire to land south of Nablus
Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinian property south of the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reports.
Settlers pelted Palestinian vehicles with stones on the road near the Yitzhar settlement, built on Palestinian land, and damaged several.
Separately, Yatma village council head Ahmed Abu Snobar told the Palestinian news agency that a group of settlers set fire to olive trees in the northern part of his village.
Child killed during Israeli raid on Jenin
Jenin Government Hospital Director Wissam Bakr tells the Wafa news agency that a 14-year-old boy, Islam Abdel Aziz Noah Majarmah, was shot dead by Israeli forces as they raided Jenin’s refugee camp in the wake of the shooting in East Jerusalem earlier today.
Two young men were transported to the hospital with serious wounds after Israeli forces shot them in the abdomen, Bakr said, according to Wafa. The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed the killing of Islam.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society also said its crews treated a 12-year-old girl who was injured in the hand after being chased by Israeli soldiers in Jenin.
Israeli army restricts movement in Jericho, Tulkarem
The Israeli army has installed two iron gates at the eastern and northern entrances to Jericho governorate, Wafa reports, citing security sources.
In a separate report, the Palestinian news agency said Israeli soldiers also restricted the use of the entrance to the northern city of Tulkarem by installing a gate at its southern entrance.
This comes in the wake of this morning’s shooting attack in East Jerusalem and as the Israeli military has been tightening its grip across the West Bank.
Israel vows to bolster presence in the occupied West Bank after East Jerusalem attack
Israel’s Minister of Defence Israel Katz has promised severe and far-reaching consequences as a direct result of the attack that killed six people in East Jerusalem, and said that Israel is going to be bolstering its presence in the occupied West Bank.
The Israeli prime minister and the national security minister spoke similar words at the scene of the attack, with PM Benjamin Netanyahu going as far as to say that Israel is at war on multiple fronts, and Itamar Ben-Gvir blaming several other institutions for why an attack like this occurred – even though he is the person within the Israeli government directly responsible for safety.
Ben-Gvir’s critics say he has failed miserably at his job, and so the army chief of staff held his own security assessment, in which he decided that there would be more Israeli troops deployed to the West Bank, even though there is a significant presence already.
