Israel accused of seeking to drag Middle East region into violence

Published September 24,2023

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The Palestinian Authority (PA) on Sunday accused Israel of searching for to pull the Middle East area into violence, shortly after the demise of two Palestinians by Israeli military fireplace.

Two folks had been killed when Israeli forces raided the Nour Shams refugee camp close to Tulkarem metropolis within the West Bank early Sunday, in keeping with the Health Ministry.

Also, a whole lot of Israeli settlers pressured their approach into the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque advanced in occupied East Jerusalem to rejoice the Yom Kippur vacation, the holiest day within the Jewish calendar.

Israel is waging “a continuous war against the Palestinian people and their capabilities,” PA spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh stated in a press release.

“The occupation is striving to drag the region into violence and escalation through its continued aggression, as well as through calls by Jewish extremists to storm Al-Aqsa Mosque,” he added.

Rawhi Fattouh, head of the Palestinian National Council, the very best decision-making physique of the umbrella Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), condemned the killing of two Palestinians by Israeli forces as a “heinous crime.”

“This criminal policy will lead to explode the situation and fuel tension and instability,” Fattouh added in a press release.

Palestinian group Hamas, which guidelines the Gaza Strip, known as on the Arab and Islamic world to behave to halt what it known as a “religious war” towards the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

For Muslims, Al-Aqsa represents the world’s third-holiest web site. Jews, for his or her half, name the realm the Temple Mount, saying it was the positioning of two historical Jewish temples.

Tensions have been working excessive throughout the occupied West Bank in current months amid repeated Israeli raids into Palestinian cities.

More than 230 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fireplace for the reason that begin of this yr, in keeping with the Health Ministry. At least 35 Israelis have additionally been killed in Palestinian assaults throughout the identical interval, the very best Israeli toll since 2005.