RAMALLAH, May 7, 2018 (WAFA) – The killing of three Palestinians by Israeli forces in the besieged Gaza Strip dominated the front page headlines in Palestinian dailies on Monday.
Al-Quds reported that Israeli snipers shot and killed three Palestinians along the eastern border of Gaza.
Al-Ayyam reported that Israeli snipers killed two Palestinians protesting at the March of Return encampment near the demarcation line, east of Khan Younes in the southern Gaza Strip, and withheld the body of another.
Mohammad Abu Rayda, 20, and Bahaa Qdeih, 23, were killed by snipers when they purportedly attempted to cross into Israel.
Al-Quds also highlighted the funeral procession of six members of the armed wing of Hamas, al-Qassam Brigades, on its main front page news item.
The six Palestinians were reportedly killed in an explosion that Hamas blamed on Israel in Az-Zawayda area in the central Gaza Strip.
Al-Ayyam added in this regard that al-Qassam Brigades blamed Israel for the explosion.
Furthermore, al-Ayyam said that Israeli forces opened fire at four Palestinians for purportedly attempting to “infiltrate” into Israel.
It added that Israel is looking for solutions to stop the Great March of Return protests on May 15, which marks the 70th anniversary of the Nakba (catastrophe).
Moreover, al-Quds reported member of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO) Executive Committee Hanan Ashrawi stating: “Palestine is and must remain an important home for religious tolerance and coexistence.”
It also reported that the Israeli Court in Lydda is contemplating the prosecution of prominent Palestinian-Israeli filmmaker Mohammed Bakri over his 2002 documentary “Jenin, Jenin”.
The dailies said that President Mahmoud Abbas started a visit to three Latin American countries.
Al-Quds said that the foreign and information ministries condemned the US and Israel’s campaign that labeled Abbas’ recent remarks on Jews at the Palestinian National Council’s session as anti-Semite.
Al-Quds and al-Ayyam reported that Jordan reiterated its rejection and warned of the consequences of relocating the US embassy to Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Highlighting Israeli forces and settlers’ attacks in the West Bank, al-Ayyam said that Israeli forces delivered a stop-construction notice for tents and water pipeline in Ras al-Ahmar, southeast of Tubas.
It said that Israeli occupation authorities continued their excavations under Palestinian homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, adjacent to Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
Besides to that, al-Hayat al-Jadida reported the Palestinian Foreign Ministry announcing that India has reactivated a procedure exempting holders of Palestinian diplomatic passports from applying for visas.
It spotlighted the 45th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Dhaka.
It said that OIC issued a statement stressing its rejection of US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
Chairman of the Palestine Investment Fund (PIF) Muhammad Mustafa was reported in al-Ayyam and al-Hayat al-Jadida stating that PIF’s negotiations with global companies over Gaza offshore gas field has reached an advanced stage.
It also reported that Israeli forces suppressed a rally marking the World Press Freedom Day at the northern entrance of al-Bireh city.
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