The Palestinian Health Ministry on Tuesday said that one Palestinian youth had been killed in clashes with the IDF in the city of Nablus.
According to the Red Crescent ambulance service, 110 people were wounded during the clashes. 32 were wounded by live fire, 51 from tear gas inhalation, 26 by rubber bullets and one was hit by a vehicle. The Health Ministry stated that six people were wounded critically.
According to the Red Crescent ambulance service, 110 people were wounded during the clashes. 32 were wounded by live fire, 51 from tear gas inhalation, 26 by rubber bullets and one was hit by a vehicle. The Health Ministry stated that six people were wounded critically.
"During the activity a violent riot was instigated as approximately 500 Palestinians hurled rocks, firebombs and explosive devices and fired live rounds at IDF (soldiers, and in addition the rioters built rock barriers," an IDF statement said.
The troops "responded with riot dispersal means and fired warning shots in the air," it said. "A report regarding a Palestinian being killed and several injured... is being reviewed."
The IDF had surrounded the city in a manhunt for the suspected killer of Rabbi Itamar Ben Gal, who was murdered on Monday in Ariel.
The troops "responded with riot dispersal means and fired warning shots in the air," it said. "A report regarding a Palestinian being killed and several injured... is being reviewed."
The IDF had surrounded the city in a manhunt for the suspected killer of Rabbi Itamar Ben Gal, who was murdered on Monday in Ariel.
Earlier on Tuesday, the IDF killed Ahmad Nasser Jarrar, who was suspected for the murder of Rabbi Raziel Shevach. Shevach was killed in the Havat Gilad outpost where he lived, near Nablus.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu paid a rare visit to the occupied Golan Heights on Tuesday, peering across the nearby border into Syria and warning Israel's enemies not to "test" its resolve.
Netanyahu has been cautioning against any attempt by Iran to deepen its military foothold in Syria or construct missile factories in neighboring Lebanon.
Lebanon's top three leaders accused Israel on Tuesday of threatening the stability of the border region between them amid rising tension over territorial and maritime boundaries.
"We seek peace but are prepared for any scenario and I wouldn't suggest to anyone that they test us," Netanyahu said in broadcast remarks during the Golan visit.
He did not mention Iran or its Lebanese militia ally, Hezbollah, both main players in Syria's civil war, by name.
Netanyahu was accompanied to a hilltop observation point, some three kms (two miles) from a 1974 ceasefire line, by his security cabinet.
They were briefed on the security situation in the area by Israel's armed forces chief and the military commander of the northern region, the prime minister's office said in a statement.
Lebanese military officials told their Israeli counterparts during face-to-face talks Monday that a border wall the IDF is constructing along the boundary between the two countries violates Lebanon’s sovereign territory.
The meeting came amid escalating tensions between the neighbors over the border works, contested rights to offshore natural gas exploration, and Israeli warnings that Iran — through its proxy in Lebanon, Hezbollah — is turning the country into a forward base to manufacture rockets and attack the Jewish state.
Construction of the wall has strained tensions, with Hezbollah, a powerful terror group thought to have more military clout than the Lebanese army itself, recently threatening to open fire on IDF soldiers building the barrier.
The army officers sat down during a regular tripartite meeting chaired by UN peacekeepers at UN positions in Ras al-Naqoura near the disputed border, Reuters reported.
Israel has been building the obstacle — made up of a collection of berms, cliffs and concrete barriers — for a long time, but it has only now reportedly angered Beirut.
“The Lebanese side reviewed the matter of the wall which the Israeli enemy intends to build,” the Lebanese army said in a statement following the meeting. It added that it was “confirming the position of the Lebanese government rejecting the construction of this wall as it violates Lebanese sovereignty.”
The Lebanese army statement also referred to another dispute with Israel, regarding the rights to explore natural gas reserves off the coast of the two countries. Lebanon has issued tenders for blocks in the Mediterranean Sea that Israel says are part of its own territorial waters.
“The block lies entirely within Lebanon’s territorial and economic waters,” the Lebanese statement said.
The section Israel is now constructing, on the northern side of the border fence, is angering Hezbollah. However, in parts, the fence is built inside Israeli territory, ostensibly within the Blue Line.
Last Monday Israel’s Hadashot TV news reported that Hezbollah had threatened to attack Israeli army units working on the border.
The message was delivered to Jerusalem via UNIFIL, the report said. The UN force, fearing a possible escalation, passed the message on to the US and French ambassadors, who updated the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem on the matter.
The Israeli government, unimpressed, responded with a threatening message of its own, the report said. Israel said it was acting in its own sovereign territory in accordance with the UN Security Council resolution adopted after Israel withdrew from Lebanon in 2000.
Israel does not intend to halt the construction, Jerusalem said, and Hezbollah will “pay dearly” if it tries to inflame tensions. “Israel’s reaction will be strong and painful,” sources in Israel’s security establishment were quoted as saying.
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