2023-10-19 03:13:01
According to Palestinian information, a Palestinian has been killed by settlers in the West Bank. The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Ramallah said late Wednesday, according to the Ynet news site, that the 21-year-old died near the village of Dura al-Qara in the central West Bank after being shot by settlers. According to Palestinian reports, two young people had previously been killed in confrontations with Israeli soldiers near Ramallah.
The security situation in the West Bank has become increasingly tense since the bloody major attack on Israel by hundreds of Hamas terrorists on October 7th. After the deadly explosion at a hospital in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian groups in the West Bank called for confrontations with Israeli soldiers. Violent acts by settlers have also increased recently, said UN emergency aid coordinator Martin Griffiths on Wednesday (local time) at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council.
There is a risk “that the situation will spiral out of control,” warned Griffiths. Israel conquered the West Bank and East Jerusalem in 1967. The Palestinians claim the areas for an independent state of Palestine with the Arab-dominated eastern part of Jerusalem as its capital.
On Thursday night, the Israeli army said it again attacked pro-Iranian Hezbollah positions in Lebanon. No further details were initially given. Some Israeli shells fell on the edge of fields near the border, Lebanese security sources said.
The Israeli army had previously announced that “terrorists” had fired an anti-tank missile at an Israeli area near the border with Lebanon. The Israeli military responded with artillery fire. In addition, Hezbollah’s terrorist infrastructure was attacked, it was said.
Since the terrorist attacks on Israel by the Islamist Palestinian organization Hamas and Israel’s counterattacks on Gaza, there have been regular incidents on the border between Israel and Lebanon in recent days, fueling fears of an escalation. The organization’s press office said 13 Hezbollah fighters were killed in the fighting over the past few days.
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