Agencies – Jerusalem:
The Palestinian Presidency condemned the continuation of the Israeli attacks and killings in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, the latest of which was the death of two Palestinians today, during the storming of the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank, and the continuation of the aggression on the Gaza Strip for the fifth consecutive day.
The spokesman for the Palestinian Presidency, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, said: The occupation authorities have crossed all red lines, by insisting on a policy of killing, and storming Palestinian cities and towns, the latest of which was the new crime committed by the occupation in Balata camp in Nablus, which led to the death of Palestinians, warning of the repercussions. and called on the US administration to intervene urgently, to stop the Israeli aggressions.
In turn, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry called for a firm international stance, forcing the Israeli occupation to stop its aggression against the Gaza Strip, and to open the crossings for medical, food, fuel, and other necessities of life, and promised in a statement that the occupation refused to bring aid, medical and food materials to the Strip, in flagrant violation of the rules of international law. Geneva Conventions, and international humanitarian law.
The exchange of rocket fire and shelling between the Israeli army and Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip resumed after a relatively quiet night during which no breakthrough was achieved in the Egyptian mediation of the cease-fire.
And in the northern occupied West Bank, two Palestinian youths were shot dead by Israeli soldiers in the Balata refugee camp in Nablus, where the army launched an operation on Saturday morning before withdrawing, according to an AFP photographer at the scene. Since the start of the Israeli operation against the Jihad movement, on Tuesday, 33 Palestinians have been killed in an exchange of shelling between the Israeli army and armed Palestinian factions in Gaza.
A person was also killed in Israel when a missile hit a building in Rehovot, south of Tel Aviv.
The Ynet news website said an 80-year-old woman was killed in the bombing.
Meanwhile, Egypt, the traditional mediator between the two warring parties, is seeking a truce that would put an end to this new escalation of violence between Gaza and Israel, the most dangerous since August 2022.
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