The intensity of the confrontations in Gaza the West Bank and Jerusalem escalated during the last 48 hours and the Israeli press talk about the loss of control over the situation.
The Israeli Maariv newspaper published on its front page on Wednesday morning the headline “The State Is Burning”.
The Qassam Brigades the military wing of the Hamas Movement launched on Tuesday night a major missile strike against Tel Aviv and its environs with 130 heavy missiles. This came in response to the Israeli occupation warplanes’ targeting of civilian towers in Gaza.
The Qassam Brigades also targeted an Israeli military jeep with a guided missile in the northern Gaza Strip. An Israeli officer was killed and two others were critically wounded according to the Hebrew newspaper Yediot Aharonot.
On Wednesday the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) announced that it intercepted a drone coming from the Gaza Strip towards the settlements near Gaza.
In Occupied Jerusalem eyewitness said that the local youths opened fire on the Israeli policemen who stormed the Qalandia refugee camp.
In the West Bank IOF launched a campaign of arrests and 46 citizens were rounded up.
In Jenin local sources said that IOF raided the city and several youths wearing masks opened fire at the IOF soldiers and clashed with them before they withdrew.
In al-Khalil Al-Fawwar refugee camp witnessed violent confrontations between citizens and IOF soldiers. The young man Hussein Atteya Al-Titi 26 was killed while others were wounded.
In Lod city violent clashes broke out between Palestinians and Israelis on Tuesday in what was described by Mayor Yair Revivo as “civil war between Arabs and Jews.”
After the continuous Palestinian protests the Israeli authorities lost complete control over the city and declared a state of emergency at dawn Wednesday for the first time since 1966.
For his part Fathi Al-Qarawi Hamas MP in Tulkarem confirmed that the public actions in Palestine express a strong violent and difficult reaction after the Israeli crimes in Al-Aqsa Mosque and Sheikh Jarrah in Jerusalem and the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip for 15 years ago.
The President of the UN Security Council the Chinese ambassador Zhang Jun announced that the council will hold a second emergency session on Wednesday regarding the situation in East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli occupation continues its aggression on the Gaza Strip for the third consecutive day. The Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the death toll had risen to 53 martyrs including 13 children 3 women and 320 injuries.
