A Palestinian who was wounded in the early hours of this morning by Israeli army bullets in the occupied West Bank has succumbed to his injuries, the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced.
Ibrahim Uweidat, 20, was shot in the head in the Akabat Jaber refugee camp near the Palestinian city of Jericho, the ministry said, without elaborating on the circumstances of his death.
US calls on Israel and Palestinians to ‘end cycle of violence’
The head of American diplomacy Anthony Blinken He spoke separately Tuesday with his Israeli counterpart and the Palestinian president to call on them to “end the cycle of violence”, following the escalation of recent weeks.
In talks with Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Mr Blinken stressed “the importance of Palestinians and Israelis working to end the cycle of violence,” he said. Ned Price in the press releases he published.
The US Secretary of State announced last night that the acting Undersecretary of State for the Middle East, Yale Lebert, had left for a tour until April 26 in Jordan, Israel, the West Bank and Egypt, where he will have contacts to “reduce tensions” in the region. .
Mr Blinken called on both sides to show “restraint” and “refrain from any action or statement that would fuel the escalation of tensions”, especially in the Square of the Mosques in East Jerusalem, the third holiest site of Islam and the holiest site of Judaism, in the tradition of which it is known as the Temple Mount.
The US Secretary of State already contacted his Jordanian counterpart Ayman al-Safadi on Monday to insist on the need to “maintain the historic status quo” of the places of worship in Jerusalem, which is managed by Amman but has security and control over Israel. access to them.
In talks with his Israeli counterpart Lapid, Mr Blinken “reaffirmed the US government’s unwavering commitment to Israel’s security” and “condemned the recent rocket attacks from Gaza”.
He reiterated to the Palestinian President the “US commitment to improve the quality of life of the Palestinian people in a tangible way.”
He spoke in support of the US Alliance, but said that maintaining some independence was important for the two countries.
The Israeli Air Force fired rockets into the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the first in three months, in retaliation for a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave ruled by the Islamist group Hamas.
The new escalation was recorded against the background of the continuing tensions that worsened with four attacks in Israel from March 22nd to April 7th with a total of 14 dead.
These attacks have led to several bloody Israeli military operations in the West Bank, a Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967, especially in areas where the perpetrators of the attacks in Israeli territory originated.
More than 150 Palestinians were injured in incidents with Israeli forces on Friday and Sunday in Temen Square, during the Jewish holiday of Passover and the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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