Israel tightens security ahead of Palestinian rallies
The Israeli regime has adopted tight security measures in the occupied West Bank and the besieged Gaza Strip to confront planned rallies by the Palestinians, reports say.
According to Palestinian media reports, large numbers of Israeli troops were deployed to the streets in and around the al-Quds (Jerusalem) as Palestinian protesters prepare to stage huge rallies across the Israeli-occupied territories and Gaza after Friday prayers as part of their new Intifada (uprising) against Israel.
The rallies will be held in response to a call by Palestinian factions for large anti-Israel protests in another “Day of Rage.”
Gaza-based Palestinian resistance movement Hamas issued a statement and urged “angry Palestinians to take part in the mass rallies at the Friday of rage and new confrontation against occupation (Israeli) soldiers.”
The planned mass rallies are also supported by Palestine’s Fatah movement.
On Friday morning, Israeli forces shot and wounded another Palestinian teenager in West Bank after accusing him of attacking and wounding an Israeli soldier.
The shooting took place in Gush Etzion, an illegal Israeli settlement bloc south of al-Quds (Jerusalem), an army statement said.
Palestinian security forces identified the wounded Palestinian as Mussab Ghanimat, 17, from the village of Sureif.
On Thursday, Israeli forces shot two other Palestinian from Sureif on similar allegations. One of the Palestinian died while the other suffered injuries.
The Israeli regime’s imposition in August of restrictions on the entry of Palestinian worshipers into the al-Aqsa Mosque in East al-Quds has triggered the latest wave of tensions in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Palestinians are also angry at increasing violence by illegal Israeli settlers, who frequently storm the al-Aqsa Mosque. Palestinians say the Tel Aviv regime seeks to change the status quo of the compound.
According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, some 54 Palestinians have been killed and hundreds injured since the Israeli regime began a harsh crackdown in early October on the Palestinians.
The first Palestinian uprising, or Intifada, began in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The second Palestinian Intifada broke out on September 28, 2000, after a visit by then Israeli opposition leader, Ariel Sharon, to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
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