this tension prevails West Bank. At least Four Palestinians were killed and 44 injured. During the Israeli military attack on the Jenin refugee camp in the north of the occupied territory. This is the last of the intensified Israeli Army raids for more than half a year. Jenina was the scene this Wednesday shootings at homes, detonation of explosivesand bulldozers and armored vehicles among the streets. Meanwhile, clashes continue in East Jerusalem between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian demonstrators after Jewish ultra-nationalists entered the Mosques Esplanade.
“We are here for martyrdom”, shouts a crowd of men as they levitate a shrouded body in the streets of Fetish. “For you, [Dios]they beg the sky, “our soul is cheap”. These four new victims join the more than 97 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank so far this year. 2022 is already the deadliest year in the occupied territories since the last seven years. Israel claims that most of those killed were in violent clashes with soldiers, but things have been turbulent in the West Bank, which has been under military occupation since 1967.
As announced by Israeli police, on Wednesday morning, the Israeli army sent some undercover commandos to the capital of the Palestinian resistance to capture two Palestinians suspected of ambushing with weapons. When soldiers surrounded a house in the refugee camp, the statement said: Palestinians opened fire and detonated a bomb and got shot. The raid led to armed clashes between the two sides. Palestinians threw stones at Israeli soldiers and opened fire, killing two Palestinians and injuring at least 44 others.
“Dangerous Climb”
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party also called for protests and a general strike in the West Bank.dangerous climb”. One of the dead is 24-year-old Palestinian intelligence officer Ahmed Alawneh. Israel’s ‘politics of tension’ will not provide legitimacy, security or stability.Abbas’ spokesman, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, said “whether in Islamic and Christian holy sites or in Jenin.”
In contrast, East Jerusalem is once again the focus of violence. Hundreds of ultranationalist Jews entered the Esplanade of the Mosques complex in the occupied city under the protection of Israeli authorities. Meanwhile, the Israeli police attacked the Palestinians gathered at the compound and prevented others from entering. Injuries and some detainees were noted among attacks by Israeli forces against women, the elderly and journalists. This tension is starting to alarm the authorities. inside and outside the occupied territories.
Between the overnight raids by Israel, the clashes, the deaths, the arrests, and the political vacuum under the increasingly unpopular Palestinian Authority, there are fears that this violence could soon develop into a third Intifada, or uprising. “We badly need members of the security services,” an umbrella group of local militants said in a public statement to Abbas. “Declare war and we will be your soldiers; “This enemy only knows the language of firepower,” he said. The next few weeks will be key in Palestine.