On Saturday, April 8, Israel is preparing to reinforce its forces in the wake of two attacks that killed three people, the latest in a new episode of violence in the Middle East.
An Italian tourist was killed Friday night on the waterfront in Tel Aviv and seven others, aged between 17 and 74, were wounded in a car bomb explosion. Police said the 45-year-old driver who was shot was from the Arab town of Kafr Qassem in central Israel. On Saturday, the facility said three people were still being treated at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv for minor injuries.
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Earlier on Friday, two sisters from the Israeli settlement of Efrat, aged 16 and 20, were killed and their mother seriously wounded in a West Bank attack. The two sisters, of both Israeli and British nationalities, were victims of a Palestinian shooting at their car in the northeast of these Palestinian territories occupied by Israel since 1967.
Shooting in the West Bank
After the attack in Tel Aviv on Saturday night and during Passover week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu The Israel Police ordered the mobilization of all reserve border police units and [l’armée] To mobilize additional forces to deal with terrorist attacks.according to his office.
The police said that starting Sunday, four battalions of reserve border police will be deployed in city centers, in addition to the units that have already been mobilized in the mixed city of Lod and the Jerusalem area.
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And in the West Bank, the Israeli army said, on Saturday, that it came under fire during the night near the Palestinian village of Yabad (north). Soldiers Fired at the attackers. who were in the car and who was the injured person “specific”according to a military statement.
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violence in Jerusalem
The current outbreak of fever follows the violence that took place on Wednesday in Jerusalem, at the Mosque Square, the third holiest site in Islam and the holiest site in Judaism, and also a hotbed of tensions in the holy city. The Israeli forces stormed in brutally to expel the Muslim worshipers gathered at Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the middle of the month of Ramadan, and sparked numerous condemnations, both local and international.
Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that Israeli forces were Forced to work to restore order In a confrontation “extremists” She barricaded herself in the mosque, while the Islamic movement Hamas, which fought several wars with Israel, denounced “An unprecedented crime”.
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After the violence in Jerusalem, Israel carried out strikes targeting the Hamas movement’s infrastructure in the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon, in response to dozens of rockets being fired at its territory. The Israeli army claimed that the shooting, which was not announced by anyone, was “Palestinians”Maybe Hamas.
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The European Union on Saturday condemned the firing of rockets from Lebanon at Israel and called for restraint. On the Israeli-Lebanese front, this is an escalation unprecedented since 2006.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised to provide “enemies” From Israel “very expensive” to “every assault” against his own.
This was claimed by Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shiite organization with a strong presence in southern Lebanon “The entire axis of resistance is on alert.”after support “all measures” that can be taken by Palestinian groups against Israel.
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Israel and Lebanon are technically at war after various conflicts, and the ceasefire line is under the control of the United Nations Interim Force (UNIFIL) deployed in southern Lebanon. According to UNIFIL, “Both sides said they didn’t want war.”.
Qatar, which mediated in the past between Israel and the ruling Hamas movement in Gaza, “Work to de-escalate”l “Prevent unnecessary massacres and avoid devastating consequences for the Palestinians and the civilian population”A Qatari official told AFP Friday, on condition of anonymity.
