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Israel on heightened alert following deadly attacks

By Xinhua
Published Apr 1, 2022 08:36 am

JERUSALEM, Israel -- Israel is on heightened alert and has arrested dozens of Palestinians as its government is grappling with the deadliest string of attacks in years.

A woman mourns during the funeral of victims killed during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Jenin, March 31, 2022. (Photo by Nidal Eshtayeh/Xinhua)

Early on Thursday, the Israeli military raided the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank, triggering a gun battle. At least two Palestinians were killed and 15 injured, according to a statement issued by the Palestinian Health Ministry.

"During the activity, Palestinian gunmen opened fire at the troops," the Israeli military said in a statement, adding that the Israeli troops responded with fire and the goal of the raid was to "apprehend suspects."

The Islamic Jihad, a Palestinian armed group, issued a statement calling for a "general mobilization" of its fighters in the wake of the raid.

Members of Israeli emergency services work at the scene of a shooting attack in Bnei Brak, a suburb of Tel Aviv, Israel, on March 29, 2022. (JINI via Xinhua)

In another incident, a 30-year-old Palestinian man from Bethlehem city in the West Bank stabbed a commuter on a bus near a settlement before he was shot dead by another passenger on the bus. The hospital said that the injured, a 28-year-old Israeli man, is in critical condition.

The latest violence came two days after a Palestinian gunman from the village of Ya'bad near Jenin city in the northern West Bank opened fire in a suburb of Tel Aviv, killing five people before he was shot dead by the police.

The shooting was part of a week-long wave of attacks carried out by Palestinian citizens of Israel or Palestinians from the occupied West Bank, which claimed the lives of nine Israelis and two Ukrainian nationals.

On Sunday night, two Islamic State (IS) sympathizers on a shooting spree in the central city of Hadera killed two police officers. The assailants were Palestinian citizens of Israel.

Last week, a Bedouin citizen of Israel, who also was an IS sympathizer, carried out a combined car-ramming and stabbing attack in the southern city of Beersheba, which claimed the lives of four people.

The attacks came as Israel was holding the first conference with four Arab foreign ministers and the U.S. State Secretary Antony Blinken in a bid to strengthen ties in order to build a coalition against Iran in the wake of the looming renewed nuclear deal.

In response, the Israeli government has taken a series of measures to halt the attacks. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett called an urgent meeting of the security cabinet on Wednesday, and the ministers decided to increase the presence of security forces and reinforce troops in the West Bank and the area near the wall separating the West Bank and Israel, according to a statement issued by the PM's office.

The ministers announced a series of measures, including carrying out "extensive counter-terror operations."

The cabinet said that work permits of people "in the close circle of the terrorists" will be revoked in order to "strengthen deterrence."

Israel's Army Radio reported on Thursday that at least 43 people have been arrested over the past week by the Israeli security forces on suspicion of involvement in IS activities.

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