On the other hand, a shooting in Jerusalem left three dead and six injured.
Hamas and Israel have reached an agreement on this extend the humanitarian ceasefire for another day in the Gaza Strip, as Qatar has announced.
Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majid al Ansari has assured that the ceasefire will continue today, Thursday, “under the same preliminary conditions,” which, as he explained, “is a (temporary) ceasefire. ” “.
He also emphasized that the extension of this pause “was achieved within the framework of joint mediation by the State of Qatar, the Arab Republic of Egypt and the United States.”
This will be the seventh day of the ceasefire, which began last Friday, and in which the sides, in addition to the entry of humanitarian aid, have released hostages and prisoners.
Attack in Jerusalem
Meanwhile in Jerusalem three people -a 24-year-old woman, a 73-year-old man and a 60-year-old woman- They were killed in a Palestinian attack on Thursday with shots. Six other people were injuredThree of them are still in critical condition, as confirmed by police.
Police sources have stated that the attackers were two people who were Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem and that they died on the spot “after being neutralized” by two off-duty soldiers and an armed civilian.
They also stated that a preliminary investigation has been opened. However, they have reported that the attack was carried out with a pistol and an M-16 rifle and that several rounds of ammunition and ammunition were found in a vehicle near the crime scene.
As Israel wages war against Hamas in Gaza, tensions have also increased in Jerusalem and the West Bank. Israel has stepped up its raids to arrest “terrorism suspects” in the West Bank, where at least 247 Palestinians have been killed in violent clashes with Israeli soldiers since October 7, including 9 killed by settlers.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society claims that Israel has detained more than 3,200 Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem; although Israeli forces reduce that number to about 1,800.
Source: EITB
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