JERUSALEM: Israeli police said on Thursday that they had arrested nine Palestinians during clashes in East Jerusalem, with tensions surging in the city and across the occupied West Bank.
Palestinians launched a rare general strike on Wednesday in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem, including closing shops, in response to a days-long operation by Israeli security forces in the Shuafat Palestinian refugee camp.
Israel is searching the camp for the suspected killer of 18-year-old Israeli soldier Noa Lazar.
With the manhunt ongoing and clashes persisting, Israeli police said they had arrested Palestinians who were “throwing stones and Molotov cocktails and attacking officers.”
Munib Al-Qutob, an emergency worker, said that there had been “lots of injuries from rubber bullets and tear gas inhalation.”
A masked Palestinian in Shuafat, who asked that his name be withheld, said that Israeli forces were “full of anger because they can’t capture him,” referring to the 22-year-old Palestinian suspect.
Police said the Issawiya and Silwan neighborhoods of East Jerusalem also saw clashes, with two officers slightly injured.
Israel annexed East Jerusalem following the 1967 Six Day War, a move not recognized by most of the international community.
Clashes between security forces and Palestinians in the area are common.
But with violence rising, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid was scheduled to hold an East Jerusalem assessment with top security chiefs, his office said.
Bloodshed is also spiraling in the West Bank, where Israeli forces are conducting near daily raids pursuing suspects they accuse of involvement in deadly attacks on Israelis.
Dozens of Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces, including fighters and civilians, in an escalation that began in March.
Israeli police arrest nine in East Jerusalem unrest
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Israeli police arrest nine in East Jerusalem unrest
- Police said they arrested 23 people following the confrontations, half of them minors
- The uptick in violence in the flashpoint city comes amid soaring tensions in the West Bank
Child injured as Israeli settlers assault Palestinians
- Local authorities decry ongoing efforts to restrict Palestinian livelihoods and displace Bedouin communities
HEBRON: Israeli settlers assaulted a child and attempted to run over several others in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, on Sunday evening.
In Khirbet Rajoum Ali, settlers attacked 12-year-old Salah Ismail Al-Hadra, causing bruises and other injuries.
He was taken to Yatta Governmental Hospital.
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Israeli settlers also chased shepherds in Rajum Ulei, drove livestock into crops, and conducted provocative patrols near homes.
In Khirbet Al-Halawa, settlers chased children tending sheep, assaulted several, and tried to run them over with vehicles.
Masafer Yatta has seen a sharp rise in settler attacks, often under Israeli military protection.
Separately, settlers assaulted farmers plowing land in Khirbet Salama, Kharsa (south of Hebron), injuring locals identified as Ayman Izzat Awda and Diaa Awda.
In Jabal Al-Baba Bedouin community (Al-Eizariya, south of occupied Jerusalem), Israeli forces shot at shepherds grazing sheep in Wadi Al-Hawd.
One was wounded, and another arrested.
Authorities described it as part of ongoing efforts to restrict Palestinian livelihoods and displace Bedouin communities.
Settlers also attacked farmers in Mahfuriya (south of Aqraba, Nablus) while they worked their land, and damaged windows at the home of one person, identified as Munther Shreida, in Al-Shajra, Duma.
In Masafer Yatta, settlers in military-style uniforms detained and abused six residents near Khirbet Al-Fukhit before releasing them.
Settlers also chased shepherds in Rajum Ulei, drove livestock into crops, and conducted provocative patrols near homes.
Late on Saturday, settlers attempted to steal sheep from shepherd Imad Houshiyeh’s herd in Khirbet Al-Markaz but were stopped by local residents.
