Israel Prepares Major Military Operation in West Bank After Four Palestinians and Two Israelis Killed
The military said it will send reinforcements and go after dozens of people after six were killed in clashes, officials said.
- On Friday, a violent clash near the Palestinian village of Tell left six dead, prompting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to order the military to accelerate establishment and legalization of settlement outposts in the area.
- An unauthorized hike by settlers near Tell sparked clashes that resulted in deaths of four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers, marking the deadliest incident in months.
- Settler attacks escalated in nearby Faraata, where the Palestinian Red Crescent reported eight people injured on Friday, with six hospitalized; residents documented settlers setting fires to homes and vehicles while calling for "revenge."
- The Palestinian Authority condemned the settler attacks while accusing Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz of accelerating establishment and legalization of colonial outposts in the West Bank.
- United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Ramiz Alakbarov demanded "urgent action" to protect Palestinian communities and ensure accountability for those responsible for the violence.
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Jerusalem. As military operations in the reoccupied West Bank increased, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz yesterday ordered the army to take control of another Palestinian refugee camp, while Tel Aviv forces demolished 11 homes and moved more mobile homes to a checkpoint in order to expand their settlement plans, amid their illegal territorial expansion to prevent the creation of a Palestinian State.
Deaths, arson attacks and destroyed houses: An incident involving two Israelis killed and four Palestinians has set in motion a new escalation of violence. The Israeli army apparently allows the radical settlers to be granted. By B. Meier.
DR has visited the town of Tell, where Palestinians fear more revenge attacks after four Palestinians and two Israelis were shot and killed on Friday.
West Bank settler violence is Israel's strategy, no matter how Israelis frame it
A confrontation in the West Bank village of Tell on Friday has ignited rare introspection in Israel about who is responsible for out of control settler pogroms. Still, most Israelis won't link the violence back to Netanyahu
The silent violence in the occupied West Bank turns into a fire that completely engulfs it. Last Friday, a clash of Israeli settlers with the local population outside Nablus caused the death of four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers. Since then, Israeli forces have launched a large-scale operation of raids and arrests. The closure of the borders by the Israeli Army around the city of Nablus, in the north of the occupied Palestinian territori…
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