RAMALLAH, June 18, 2017 (WAFA) – The intensified Israeli revenge measures in the city of Jerusalem in response to the alleged stab attack committed by three Palestinians hit the front pages of the three Palestinian Arabic dailies on Sunday.

Al-Quds, al-Ayyam and al-Hayat al-Jadida reported that Israeli police have been intensifying revenge actions in the city of Jerusalem in response to the act of the three young Palestinians from the village of Deir Abu Mash’al, near the city of Ramallah, the occupied West Bank, who were involved in an alleged attack in Jerusalem on Friday.

Al-Quds said that Netanyahu threatens of more intensified measures in Jerusalem, where streets and gates were closed and West Bank residents were moved back to the West Bank.

Al-Ayyam said that Israeli forces closed streets in Jerusalem, while hundreds of West Bank citizens were moved to Israeli checkpoints in the city.

Al-Hayat al-Jadida reported three injuries in the surrounded village of Deir Abu Mash’al, hometown of the three Palestinians who were shot dead after the alleged stab attack, and that Israeli police turned the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem into a closed military area.

The three dailies reported the tense situation in the village of Deir Abu Mash’al, which has been raided and surrounded by Israeli forces since Friday.

Al-Ayyam said that Israeli forces raided the village as clashes with its residents broke out. Al-Quds reported that Palestinians were injured during the clashes.

A statement by member of Palestine Liberation Organization‘s (PLO) Executive Committee Ahmad Majdalani was reported in al-Quds and al-Ayyam. He said that the US administration hasn’t put out a plan towards peace negotiations between the Palestinians and Israelis.

Al-Quds said that Israel and Saudi Arabia are negotiating economic ties, according to the Times newspaper.

K.T.