Washington announces new sanctions against Israeli settlers – L’Express

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2024-08-28 17:44:02

Israel launched a large-scale military operation this Wednesday in the north of the occupied West Bank, where nine Palestinians were killed, all fighters, according to the Israeli army, as part of the ongoing war in Gaza for months eleven.

Israeli forces “eliminated nine armed terrorists” in Jenin, Toubas and Tulkarem, including seven in airstrikes, the army announced. The Palestine Red Crescent Society reported “ten dead” and 22 injured in these attacks.

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⇒ Washington announces new sanctions against Israeli settlers in the West Bank

⇒ UN humanitarian vehicle hit by Israeli fire in Gaza

⇒ An Israeli “anti-terrorist” operation in the north of the occupied West Bank

Washington announces new sanctions against Israeli settlers in the West Bank

The United States announced this Wednesday new sanctions targeting Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, urging Israel to fight against these “powerful” groups that it accuses of causing violence.

“Settlement violence in the West Bank is causing severe human suffering, harming Israel’s security, and undermining prospects for peace and stability in the region,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a press release. . “It is important that the Israeli government prosecutes individuals and institutions responsible for violence against civilians in the West Bank,” he added.

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The Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu expressed concern about taking the institution of sanctions against Israeli citizens “very seriously”, according to a press release published by his office this Wednesday evening. “The issue is the subject of intense discussions with the United States,” the statement added without further details.

Also this Wednesday, the Israeli general commanding Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank said Wednesday that it “failed” to defend a Palestinian village against an attack by armed Jewish settlers. he died of a heart attack in mid-August, which he described as “something. act very important terrorist. “The case is not closed and will not be closed until the perpetrators are brought to justice,” said Major General Avi Bluth.

UN humanitarian convoy hit by Israeli fire in Gaza

A UN ship, part of a humanitarian convoy that is compatible with the Israeli authorities, was hit by Israeli fire this Tuesday in Gaza, without causing any deaths, a UN spokesman announced on Wednesday, recalling other similar incidents in the past.

“Last night, a clean UN vehicle, part of a convoy full of (Israeli) forces was hit 10 times by Israeli fire,” said Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN secretary general. in the belief that two people have been saved only by armor.

“Terrorist act” in the West: Israel says it has “eliminated” nine Palestinian fighters

The Israeli army announced this Wednesday that it had “started an anti-terrorist operation” in the north of the West Bank where it said it had “killed nine armed terrorists” during many simultaneous struggles. At night, columns of Israeli vehicles entered two refugee camps, in Tulkarem and Toubas, and in the city of Jenin. According to the army, seven of the nine “armed terrorists” were “eliminated in airstrikes”.

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The Palestine Red Crescent Society for its part reported ten deaths: two Palestinians killed in the city of Jenin, another four in a car bomb in a nearby village and four more in a refugee camp near the city of Toubas.

The Palestinian president returned quickly from Riyadh to “supervise” the situation in the West Bank

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas canceled a visit to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to return “to follow developments in Israeli aggression in the north of the West Bank”, referring to the official Palestinian agency Wafa.

The Israeli army said it carried out an operation in the northwest

The Israeli army announced on Tuesday night to Wednesday that it carried out an operation in Jenin and Tulkarem, in the north of the occupied West Bank. “The security forces launched an operation to counter terrorism in Jenin and Tulkarem,” the Israeli army said in a statement.

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Islamic Jihad, an ally of Hamas, opposes “our aggression on the cities and camps in the north of the occupied West Bank”, believing that Israel “comes to bear the weight of the conflict in the occupied West Bank” with a view to your “extra”.

Gaza exit talks continue in Doha

Discussions on the withdrawal and release of hostages in Gaza, started a few days ago in Egypt and Cairo, are continuing in Qatar and Doha, a US official said on Tuesday.

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Brett McGurk, President Joe Biden’s Middle East adviser, was there, he said.

Israeli attack on al-Maghazi refugee camp

On Tuesday, seven people, including at least three children from the same brothers, died in an Israeli strike on al-Maghazi refugee camp (center), according to emergency services. Four died in a bomb in Khan Younes (south) and four others, three children and their mother, in a strike in Gaza City (north), according to Civil Defense.

A new order to withdraw the army from several districts of Deir el-Balah (center) “calls into question all organized humanitarian agencies” in the city, lamented the UN humanitarian affairs office.

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