HEBRON, December 10, 2015 (WAFA) – The three Palestinian Arabic dailies focused in Thursday’s issue on Israeli troops’ shooting and killing of a Palestinian youth in Hebron, allegedly after he stabbed and injured an Israeli settler and a soldier.

The papers said Abdur-Rahman Meswadi, 21, was fatally shot by Israeli fire in the Old City neighborhood in Hebron, allegedly after he stabbed and injured an Israeli settler and a soldier.

Al-Quds said, according to Israeli daily Haaretz, Israeli authorities have froze issuing construction permits to Palestinians in East Jerusalem.

Meanwhile, al-Hayat al-Jadida said three Israelis, including two settlers and a soldier, were injured in two separate incidents in Hebron and Tulkarm.

Al-Ayyam said one of the settlers who were injured was the leader of a secret Jewish organization.

The three dailies highlighted remarks made by President Mahmoud Abbas, who said Palestinian children and youths were the main target of daily Israeli assaults.

The dailies said US President Barack Obama called on Palestinians and Israelis to alleviate the current tension and resort to dialogue.

Al-Ayyam reported on the US embassy in Jerusalem, which denied that the US was backing Israeli settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Al-Hayat al-Jadida and al-Ayyam said Israel’s deputy Minister of “Defense” Eli Ben-Dahan said he was willing to donate 50,000 shekels ($13,000) to contribute in reconstructing the so-called “Jewish temple” on the site of al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem.

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