RAMALLAH, March 18, 2018 (WAFA) – News about the Israeli escalation in response to the alleged car-ramming attack that left two Israeli soldiers killed near Jenin in the occupied West Bank, hit the front pages of the three Arabic Palestinian dailies on Sunday.
Al-Hayat al-Jadida, al-Ayyam and al-Quds said new details regarding the alleged attack have emerged and that Israel has threatened to demolish the home of Alaa Qabaha, 26, who was arrested after he rammed his car into Israeli soldiers at the checkpoint, killing an officer and a soldier and injuring two others.
The dailies said Israeli forces stormed the village of Barta’a, southwest of the city of Jenin, Qabaha’s hometown, and raided and ransacked a number of homes belonging to his relatives.
Israeli military will examine the possibility of changing the route of the Apartheid Wall in order to divide Barta’a into two halves, one half in the West Bank, and the other in Israel, according to the dailies.
Al-Ayyam said that a Palestinian was injured after Israeli warplanes bombed a location east of Gaza city on Saturday evening.
The three newspapers reported that Pope Francis received UNRWA‘s Commissioner-General, Pierre Krähenbühl, on Friday in the Vatican, where they discussed the plight of Palestine refugees in the West Bank, Gaza, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
The Commissioner-General expressed to Pope Francis his worries over the lack of horizon, in particular for youth, and the need for the world to confirm that the rights of Palestinian refugees and their future matter.
Activists in the city of Nablus planted trees that were previously uprooted by Israeli settlers in the village of Burin, according to al-Ayyam.
Al-Ayyam reported on the UN saying that attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians have significantly increased.
Al-Hayat al-Jadida and al-Ayyam said that Palestine’s Liberation Organization (PLO) factions will hold a meeting on Monday in preparation of holding the next Palestinian National Council meeting in April.
Al-Quds and al-Ayyam said the “Big Return” march and other popular activities are being prepared for in Gaza as Palestinian mark “Land Day” on March 30th.
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