RAMALLAH, Tuesday, March 01, 2022 (WAFA) – News about the aggressive Israeli forces' assaults against Palestinians who gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate al-Isra Wal Miraj Muslim holiday hit the front pages of the three Arabic Palestinian dailies on Tuesday.
Al-Hayat al-Jadida, al-Ayyam and al-Quds said that Israeli police attacked Palestinians who gathered at Bab al-Amoud, also known as Damascus Gate, one of the gates of the old city of Jerusalem, to celebrate al-Isra Wal Miraj Muslim holiday. As a result, dozens of Palestinians were injured and others were detained as Israeli police suppressed a special ceremony to celebrate the Muslim holiday.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said it dealt with at least 31 injury cases, four of whom were transferred to hospital. A six-month-old baby and a child with special needs were reportedly injured after being struck in the face with a stun canister fired by the police.
The dailies added that a number of Palestinians suffocated after inhaling tear gas fired at them by Israeli forces who were providing protection to settlers attacking the residents’ lands and their livestock to the east of the town of Yatta, south of Hebron.
They reported that Palestinian residents in al-Lubban Ash-Sharqiya village to the south of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank, fended off evening an attack by Israeli settlers against the village, leading to clashes with Israeli forces.
Al-Quds said that Israeli forces set up a new outpost in the village of Assira al-Qabaliya, south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus.
Al-Hayat al-Jadida said that Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh said that the Israeli occupation is the main cause behind the financial crisis we are facing.
Shtayyeh, during a virtual meeting with Deputy Chief in the International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s Fiscal Affairs Department, Alexander Tieman, stressed that the difficult economic situation we are facing is the result of Israel's continuous measures to piracy our money, the obstacles it places on the free movement of goods and individuals, and our inability to access and exploit area C of the West Bank, which constitutes 60 percent of the occupied West Bank and falls under full Israeli military rule.
The papers said that Palestine recorded 1256 new Covid-19 cases, twelve fatalities, and 2625 recovery cases in the last 24 hours.
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