Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian families in several areas of the West Bank, after two Israelis were killed and a third seriously wounded by gunfire in the Jordan Valley, while others wrote racist slogans on walls in the city of Kafr Qassem.
On Friday, dozens of Israeli settlers closed the entrance to the cities of Ramallah and Al-Bireh, in the occupied West Bank.
Eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency that dozens of "Beit El" settlements closed the entrance to the cities of Ramallah and Al-Bireh with stones and containers, and prevented Palestinians from passing through.
The witnesses indicated that an Israeli army force was deployed at the site to protect the settlers.
Earlier today, settlers launched an attack on the village of "Humsa al-Tahta" in the northern Jordan Valley, east of the West Bank, and burned Palestinian property.
Eyewitnesses indicated that the settlers were carrying out orgy at the site under the protection of the Israeli army.
In the northern Arab city of Kafr Qassem, Israeli extremists burned cars and wrote anti-Arab slogans.
The Israeli Broadcasting Authority said, Friday: "Last night, unknown extremists burned cars, damaged property and wrote racist slogans on walls in the city of Kafr Qassem."
She added, "The police started the investigation on suspicion of committing a hate crime, the so-called price tag operation."
And "price tag" are attacks carried out by extremists from the Israeli right on Islamic and Christian property and sanctities in East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Arab cities and towns in Israel.
Earlier Friday, the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation announced that two Israelis were killed and a third seriously wounded, as a result of gunfire in the Jordan Valley, in the northeastern West Bank.
While the Israeli army said in a statement: "An attack and shooting took place at a car at the Hamra junction in the Jordan Valley."
He added that "the army forces are searching the area," without further details, but the Broadcasting Authority and the Army Radio confirmed that two Israelis were killed and a third seriously wounded.
The authority said that "the shooter fled the scene," without revealing his identity or motives.
One person was killed and 6 wounded in a shooting and run-over operation in the center of Tel Aviv
One person was killed and 6 others were wounded in a double shooting and run-over attack that took place on the Corniche of Tel Aviv, central Israel, according to Hebrew media.
On Friday, one person was killed and six others were injured, as a result of a double shooting and run-over attack that took place on the Corniche of Tel Aviv, central Israel, according to Hebrew media.
Yedioth Ahronoth (private) newspaper quoted a source in the Magen David Adom (an Israeli ambulance institution) as saying, "There was one dead person and 6 injuries, one of them seriously, in a double operation, shooting and running over, in the center of Tel Aviv."
For its part, the Israeli Army Radio confirmed the information, through its official account on Twitter.
And she said, "It is possible that the dead man was the one who carried out the operation, as he was neutralized by the police forces."
Despite the Israeli restrictions 130,000 Palestinians pray the third Friday of Ramadan at Al-Aqsa
The Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem said that about 130,000 Palestinians performed the third Friday prayer of the month of Ramadan in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, after a series of Israeli police raids into the mosque that led to the injury and arrest of hundreds and an Israeli escalation in the West Bank.
About 130,000 Palestinians held the third Friday prayer of the month of Ramadan, in the Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem, despite the Israeli restrictions.
The Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem said in a statement that 130,000 worshipers performed Friday prayers today at Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The prayer came after a series of incursions by the Israeli police into the mosque in recent days, which resulted in dozens of injuries, hundreds of arrests, and an Israeli escalation in the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli police announced, in a statement Thursday, the deployment of 2,300 of its members in the city of East Jerusalem.
The Israeli police forces intensified their presence at the entrances to the Old City of Jerusalem, which includes the mosque, and its surroundings and alleys.
The Israeli authorities prevented Palestinian males under the age of 55 from the West Bank, and all residents of Gaza, from accessing the mosque to perform prayers.
These restrictions prevented tens of thousands of worshipers from reaching the mosque to perform prayers.
In his Friday sermon, Sheikh Yusuf Abu Sneina condemned "the Israeli attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque and worshipers in recent days."
Thousands of worshipers usually stay in the mosque to eat breakfast and perform Tarawih prayers in the mosque.
Thousands of worshipers had committed themselves to the mosque last night without interference from the Israeli police, as there were no Israeli incursions into the mosque today and tomorrow, Saturday.
The streets in East Jerusalem witnessed traffic jams due to the high number of worshipers.
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