Faris Abdul Munim Hashash, 19, was killed by Israeli forces in the Balata refugee camp in Nablus. (Photo: via Social Media)

One Palestinian was killed and eight others were injured on Tuesday afternoon during an Israeli army incursion into the Balata refugee camp in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health said in a statement that Faris Abdul Munim Hashash, 19, was brought to Rafidya Hospital in Nablus with bullet wounds to the chest, abdomen, and lower limbs, and was later pronounced dead.

Video: In the midst of relentless gunfire, Palestinians courageously rushed to transfer an injured youth, who had been shot by Israeli occupation forces, during today's brutal raid on Balata camp in Nablus. pic.twitter.com/MPgJGNR8ae

— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) June 13, 2023

WAFA correspondent said that a large Israeli army force raided the camp and surrounded a house for an alleged wanted Palestinian.

However, the Israeli army left the camp without arresting the wanted person.

Clashes broke out resulting in the killing of Hashash and the wounding of eight others, according to the Red Crescent.

(WAFA, PC)

The head of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit. (Photo: File)

Aboul Gheit called on the US administration to take a firm stance against the Israeli plans in defense of the two-state solution that Washington is promoting.

The Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, called on the United States to take a firm position against Israel’s new settlement plans in the Occupied West Bank, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.

In a statement released on Tuesday, Aboul Gheit warned of the Israeli occupation government’s implementation of plans to build thousands of new settlement units.

#OPINION: #Israel’s major plans in #EastJerusalem and the rest of the #WestBank are essentially aimed at cutting off #Palestinian communities from one another and ensuring a Jewish demographic majority, writes @RamzyBaroud. https://t.co/cuxBLWcx2N

— Arab News (@arabnews) June 12, 2023

He said in the statement that such plans undermine the two-state solution by eroding the lands on which the future Palestinian state should be established.

Aboul Gheit called on the US administration to take a firm stance against the Israeli plans in defense of the two-state solution that Washington is promoting.

The statement also stressed that Israeli settlements undermine peace as it is impossible to talk about peace in the region while Palestinian lands are being illegally seized every day.

(PC, WAFA,)

Israeli soldiers near the Egypt-Israel border area following a deadly incident last June. (Photo: Video Grab, file)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

The new rules came days after an Egyptian police officer, Mohammad Salah, killed three Israeli soldiers and wounded two others. 

The Israeli army has reportedly issued new stricter instructions regarding Egyptian soldiers guarding the border area between Egypt and Israel. 

The new instructions include opening fire in response to any unnatural or suspicious movement by any Egyptian soldier. 

The new rules came days after an Egyptian police officer, Mohammad Salah, killed three Israeli soldiers and wounded two others. 

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The instructions were communicated by Israeli Army Radio and reported by RT Arabic, among other media outlets. 

According to the reports, the army rules call for keeping distance between Israeli soldiers and the fence separating the borders, and not to advance without permission from superior officers. They also call for the treatment of any “unnatural movement” by any Egyptian soldier as a possible attack. 

The new rules also expect Israeli soldiers in the border area to wear helmets and to immediately report any suspicious activities. 

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RT also cited the Israeli Army Radio as saying that Israeli soldiers are now viewing Egyptian police as a possible threat, while only ten days ago, they were seen as partners. 

The final report of the incident, resulting in the killing of the three Israeli soldiers and one Egyptian police officer, is scheduled to be released on Tuesday.  

(The Palestine Chronicle)

Tensions escalated at the Israel-Lebanon border. (Photo: via QNN)

Israel is trying to dig this trench to establish a new limit of the Blue Line, which is being disputed by local farmers.

Israeli soldiers fired tear gas grenades on Sunday to disperse protesters along the border with Lebanon, Anadolu news agency reported.

An Anadolu correspondent said protesters from the villages of Kfar Chouba, Al-Arqoub, and other border villages gathered along the border with Israel to protest against the Israeli army digging a trench in the area.

The land is near the UN-recognized Blue Line – the Lebanon-Israel border – and Israel is trying to dig this trench to establish a new limit of the Blue Line, which is being disputed by local farmers.

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The Lebanese protesters approached an Israeli tank to stop the bulldozing operation and Israeli soldiers responded by firing tear gas grenades at them, according to the agency’s correspondent.

The agency said the Lebanese army forces were also deployed in the area.

Israeli soldiers fired tear gas grenades on Sunday to disperse protesters along the border with Lebanon.

Lebanese protesters gathered along the border with Israel to protest against the Israeli army digging a trench in the area. pic.twitter.com/FPEU1vivxo

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) June 12, 2023

Since Friday morning, the towns of Kfar Chouba and Al-Arqoub have been witnessing clashes between Lebanese demonstrators and the Israeli army over the occupation army’s activities in the Lebanese area.

(MEMO, PC)

Palestinian residents protest in the Naqab desert. (Photo: via ActiveStills.org)

Israeli authorities on Monday demolished five homes owned by Palestinians on the outskirts of Arara village in the Naqab desert, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.

Local sources told WAFA that the five homes belong to the al-Ghoul clan who have been under pressure from the Israeli authorities to leave their homes and lands and move elsewhere.

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Palestinians in the Naqab say the far-right Israeli government led by Benjamin Netanyahu wants to increase the number of Jewish settlements in the Naqab at the expense of its indigenous Palestinian inhabitants.

Therefore, Israeli authorities are not providing the Palestinian communities with any chance to develop and they constantly pressure them to leave.

(PC, WAFA)

Jewish settlers and Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank (Photo: via Social Media)

Israeli occupation forces shot and injured a young Palestinian man during a military raid in the town of al-Zababdeh, south of the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.

Local sources told WAFA that the Israeli army raided the village and opened fire at Palestinian residents. Dozens of Palestinians also suffered from suffocation due to tear gas inhalation as Israeli forces reportedly threw toxic gas canisters.

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According to WAFA, confrontations also broke out in Rummana, west of Jenin.

Israeli forces on a regular basis storm Palestinian cities and villages in the occupied West Bank to arrest Palestinian popular activists. 

According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, over 150 Palestinians were killed by Isreali occupation forces since the beginning of 2023.

(PC, WAFA)

Israeli occupation forces regularly raid cities in Occupied West Bank. (Photo: via WAFA)

Former prisoner Ghanem Bassam Hamarsheh was arrested along with two other Palestinians after Israeli soldiers raided their homes in Yabad.

Israeli forces arrested seven Palestinians on Saturday night and early on Sunday, including an injured former prisoner, The New Arab reported.

Former prisoner Ghanem Bassam Hamarsheh was arrested along with two other Palestinians after Israeli soldiers raided their homes in Yabad,  in the occupied West Bank’s Jenin province, said Muntasir Samour, an official with the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club advocacy group.

According to The New Arab, Israeli forces raided and searched several houses in Yabad and confrontations broke out between them and Palestinian young people. No injuries were reported.

Watch| Israeli occupation forces arrested the wounded Palestinian Ghanem Bassam Hamarsheh from the town of Ya`bad in Jenin. His foot was amputated due to a previous injury by Israeli occupation live bullets.#FreePalestine pic.twitter.com/dUAaj1hwB3

— Al-Jarmaq News (@Aljarmaqnetnews) June 11, 2023

The young man Abdullah Al-Jerboa, from the Jenin refugee camp, was arrested by Israeli forces on Saturday evening as he was passing through a military checkpoint south of Nablus.

On Sunday, the Israelis arrested a 16-year-old boy and another Palestinian from the village of Husan near Bethlehem, with another from the Issawiya neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem also arrested.

On Saturday night in Husan, several Palestinians suffered from the effects of tear gas inhalation amid confrontations with Israeli forces on Saturday night.

Confrontations also broke out on Saturday evening between young Palestinians and Israeli forces in the village of Kafr Qaddum in Qalqilya province.

Israeli Occupation Forces Kill Young Palestinian Man at Checkpoint near Ramallah (VIDEO)

The raids came after Palestinians stood up against an attempt by illegal Jewish settlers to storm the village under the protection of the Israeli army.

So far this year, over 150 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers.

(The New Arab, PC)

The Israel-Lebanon border. (Photo: via QNN)

The Lebanese Army condemned Israeli violations of Lebanon’s sovereignty, emphasizing the need for it to withdraw from occupied Lebanese territories.

Tensions remain high between Lebanon and Israel after Israeli forces fired tear gas at Lebanese protesters in Kafr Shuba on Friday, during a demonstration, The New Arab reported.

Israeli forces, fired tear gas at Lebanese protesters in southern Lebanon’s Kafr Shuba area after they demonstrated in support of a farmer who had been defending his land against an Israeli bulldozer.

UNIFIL peacekeepers and Lebanese military personnel were heavily deployed to restore calm.

Lebanon Army Declares State of ‘Maximum Alert’ following Israeli Threats

The United Nations personnel held signs along the border urging Israel not to cross the Blue Line, while Lebanese soldiers, some armed with RPGs, were stationed there.

An extraordinary tripartite meeting took place in Naqoura between Lebanese and Israeli military officers, with UNIFIL commander Major General Aroldo Lazaro heading the discussion, according to a statement by the peacekeeping forces.

Lazaro was “coordinating with both sides in an attempt to reduce tension and is calling for caution to prevent an unprecedented escalation”, according to comments by a UNIFIL spokesman carried by the French daily L’Orient-Le Jour, adding: “Lazaro is urging Israel not to cross the Blue line”.

The Lebanese Army condemned Israeli violations of Lebanon’s sovereignty, emphasizing the need for it to withdraw from occupied Lebanese territories.

(The New Arab, PC)

Israeli soldiers near the Egypt-Israel border area following a deadly incident last June. (Photo: Aljazeera Arabic Twitter)

Following last week’s attack on the Egyptian border, Isreali soldiers are refusing military services in the area, the Israeli Walla news website revealed on Friday.

The soldiers, according to Walla, have imposed several conditions, including the reduction of service hours from twelve to eight.

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Last week, a 22-year Egyptian border policeman killed two Israeli soldiers before sneaking through the highly equipped barbed barrier to exchange in a gun battle that led to his death, along with the killing of a third Israeli soldier.

The Bardelas Battalion, the Israeli army website states, operates the Arava Region, which stretches from the Dead Sea to Eilat.

According to the Walla report, Israeli soldiers said that they were unable to perform such long shifts under poor weather conditions.

(MEMO, PC)

Yemeni-American student Fatima Mohammed. (Photo: video grab)

Over 400 alumni of the City University of New York (CUNY) have signed a letter expressing their solidarity with Fatima Mohammed, a Yemeni graduate of CUNY School of Law who has been targeted by a smear campaign for speaking out against Israeli war crimes in her commencement speech this year, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.

The signatories said they were “deeply concerned both about the law school’s inaction in protecting a student at a time when her safety and well-being is at risk, as well as by the actions of the Board of Trustees and Chancellor that actively worsened the harm caused”.

“We are appalled that any student — let alone a student who has spoken at the behest of her classmates — would be put in danger without any action or statement of support by our law school.”

NY Advocacy Group Defends Student Who Criticized Israel In CUNY Graduation Speech

“The law school claims to be an institution that stands united in the belief that only when the world can see the full range of human experience reflected and represented in the law will we have justice for everyone, the letter read, adding:

“In total conflict with this purported mission, CUNY’s disregard for the student, her experience, and her humanity is unacceptable and unconscionable.”

“We are appreciative and proud of (Fatima’s) call for social justice. To see her words distorted and characterized as hateful by the Mayor and the New York Post is reprehensible, but to see this further affirmed by CUNY’s Board of Trustees and Chancellor is an affront to all of us,” the letter added.

“The attack on this CUNY student is also a shameful example of the vilification of students in educational institutions around the country who support Palestine or are critical of Israel.”

(WAFA, PC)