Israeli escalation in Gaza and the West Bank... bombing, arrests, and storming of Al-Aqsa

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On Tuesday, Gaza and the West Bank witnessed an Israeli escalation that included a bombing that resulted in one dead person and a number of wounded in Gaza City, coinciding with Israeli forces storming the city of Ramallah and the vicinity of the Palestine Medical Complex.

In the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian was killed and others were injured, as a result of an Israeli drone bombing that targeted a vehicle on Al-Mashara Street in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood, northeast of Gaza City, according to what medical sources reported to the Palestinian News Agency, Wafa, noting that the identity of the dead person is not yet known.

Intense shooting was renewed from Israeli vehicles south of the city of Khan Yunis, while an explosion was heard in Jabalia.

As for the West Bank, on Tuesday, Israeli forces stormed the courtyard of the Palestine Medical Complex in the city of Ramallah, reinforced with military vehicles, deployed snipers at its entrances, and prevented entry or exit, according to local sources.

The forces also stormed the Legislative Roundabout in central Ramallah, and fired live and rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas bombs. They also targeted a number of journalists in the vicinity of the place with sound bombs.

Later, the forces arrested a Palestinian after abusing him on the street extending from the Legislative Roundabout towards the Ramallah Municipality, coinciding with the continued storming.

In addition, the Jerusalem Governorate reported that dozens of settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque, from the direction of the Mughrabi Gate, and performed Talmudic rituals and provocative tours, under the protection of Israeli forces and amid restrictions on the worshipers.

An Israeli soldier restrains a young man and blindfolds him before arresting him during the storming of the city of Ramallah https://t.co/fisbEZOUz6

These developments came in light of the continuing security tension in the West Bank, where Israeli military operations interfere with the demolition of Palestinian homes and facilities, uprooting trees, confiscating land or restricting access to it, in addition to the escalation of settler attacks.

Excluding East Jerusalem, about 3 million Palestinians live in the West Bank, along with more than 500,000 Israelis, in settlements that are considered illegal under international law.