The Israeli occupation army has decided to reinforce battalions in the West Bank and along Gaza’s eastern border fence in the lead up to next week’s expected protests to mark the 70th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba according to Haaretz.
Quoting a senior official in the army Haaretz said that the Palestinians next Monday will be marching in protest at the US embassy transfer to Jerusalem and in commemoration of the Nakba anniversary.
Rage has been escalating in the Palestinian territories since the US president Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital on 6th December 2017 and announced his intention to move his country’s embassy in Israel to the holy city.
The Israeli official said that next week’s protests are expected to be “far more violent” than the past weeks.
The Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been marching since 30th March along the eastern border to demand their right of return to their lands from which they were expelled in 1948.
Haaretz reported that the Israeli army has decided to deploy more battalions in anticipation of violent clashes with far more flashpoints in Gaza and the West Bank.
The Israeli army on Friday killed one Palestinian and injured about 731 others according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health.
Haaretz said that the Israeli army will attempt to stop protesters further away from the fence than established in recent weeks hoping to prevent advancement past the tent area located 300 meters of the fence.
The Palestinian people living in the Gaza Strip are the most affected by the US and Israeli policies. Inhabited by over two million Palestinians the coastal enclave with a decade-long blockade is suffering from harsh living conditions that keep worsening each new day.
