Zionist Regime Oks 278 New Illegal Settlement Units in East Al-Quds
The Zionist regime has given the green light for the construction of 278 new illegal settler units in East al-Quds (Jerusalem) amid international outcry over Tel Aviv’s expansionist policies.
According to Palestinian media reports, the so-called Israeli “Planning and Construction Committee” approved the new project on Tuesday.
Based on the plan, 216 housing units are set to be built in Ramot settlement and 62 others in Jabal Abu Ghneim (HarHoma) settlement, Israeli sources reported.
On Monday, Israeli activist group Peace Now said that the Israeli Interior Ministry gave the go-ahead for the construction of 500 new housing units in Ramat Shlomo settlement.
Chief Palestinian Authority negotiator SaebErekat in a statement censured the Tel Aviv regime for the decision and termed the plan “a slap in the face” to the United States and the international community.
Palestinian operation in E. Jerusalem kills one settler, injures others
On the other hand, a pickup truck rammed into a group of Zionists assembled at a rail road station in occupied East Jerusalem on Wednesday, killing one person and wounding a number of others, the Zionist Channel 2 reported.
The operation was carried out by a Palestinian from the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Shuafat, it added.
Zionist newspaper YediothAhronoth stated that the Palestinian driver first hit a group of security forces waiting at a crosswalk on a main road, and then headed for the train station and continued driving down the street, hitting cars. He then rammed into a group of pedestrian Zionists with his car, killing one settler and leaving two with serious wounds, two others in moderate condition and one in light condition.
He then continued to hit a number of cars and then stopped, exited the car holding a metal bar and proceeded to attack additional pedestrians. Border Patrol forces then shot and killed him.
The Zionist Minister of Internal Security said that one of occupation Border Patrol troops is among the injured.
However, Haaretz newspaper admitted that the operation left 14 casualties, while Palestine Today new agency stated that the young Palestinian was martyred after killing 2 settlers and wounding 8 others.
Bomb blast kills one Israeli in Southern occupied territories
Meanwhile, one person was killed and another injured in a bomb explosion targeting a car in southern Occupied Territories late Tuesday, Anadolu news agency reported.
“One person killed in Ashdod explosion this evening,” Zionist police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld wrote on Twitter.
He said that the motives behind the blast were “criminal“.
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