RAMALLAH, Friday, November 09, 2018 (WAFA) – The Killing of a Palestinian protester by Israeli gunfire during protests along the besieged Gaza Strip’s border dominated the front page headlines in Palestinian Arabic dailies on Friday.
The dailies reported that Israeli snipers killed a Palestinian young man, east of al-Maghazi refugee camp, in the central besieged coastal enclave.
Mohammad Abusharbin, 20, was reportedly killed during low-level violent protests.
The spate of house demolitions across the West Bank also hit the front page headlines in the dailies.
The dailies reported that Israeli bulldozers demolished a Palestinian-owned residential building, reportedly consisting of several floors, in al-Zaayim village, east of Jerusalem.
Al-Quds and al-Hayat al-Jadida also reported that Israeli forces demolished a memorial for a young Palestinian killed by Israeli forces in Abu Dis town, east of Jerusalem.
The memorial reportedly had been built to commemorate Mohammad Lafi, 17, who was shor dead by Israeli soldiers in July 2017 while participating in a protest in his town against Israeli occupation.
According to al-Hayat al-Jadida, Israeli forces delivered a stop-construction order for a Palestinian house in the southern West Bank village of Ta‘mir, southeast of Bethlehem.
Al-Ayyam and al-Hayat al-Jadida added in this regard that Israeli bulldozers razed an agricultural road connecting Aqraba and Khirbet Yanoun, south of Nablus.
Highlighting other military and settlers’ attacks against Palestinians, al-Quds and al-Hayat al-Jadida said that Israeli Jewish settlers opened fire in the vicinity of a Palestinian school in Beit Ta‘mir village.
Al-Ayyam and al-Hayat al-Jadida reported that two Palestinians were injured with Israeli live ammunition during confrontations triggered by an Israeli military raid into Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank.
Spotlighting the situation in Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, also known as Al-Haram Al-Sharif, al-Quds said that Israeli Jewish settlers has escalated their intrusions and provocations at the holy site.
Also in Jerusalem, al-Ayyam and al-Hayat al-Jadida said that Israeli occupation authorities have issued an order banning Jerusalem Governor Adnan Gheith entry to the West Bank for six months.
Regarding the situation in Gaza, al-Quds reported an Israeli source noting that the $15 million Qatari funds were entered to Gaza with agreement of all stakeholders.
Elaborating on this issue in particular, al-Ayyam reported the Qatari Committee for Gaza Reconstruction announcing that the funds would be used to pay the salaries of Hamas employees under the supervision of UN observers.
Additionally, al-Quds reported that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi affirmed his country’s commitment to achieve intra-Palestinian reconciliation before a long-term ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.
Al-Sisi reportedly made these remarks to President Mahmoud Abbas during their recent meeting in Sharm El-Sheikh.
Highlighting his meeting with the Board of Governors, the dailies said that Abbas stressed the need to pay attention to Palestinian citizens’ concerns and living conditions.
Yet, al-Quds and al-Ayyam said that six Palestinians out of 12 cases of Swine Flue (H1N1) have died in Gaza.
The dailies covered the meeting between Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov and Director of the PLO’s Political Department Anwar Abdul-Hadi in Moscow.
Bogdanov reportedly stressed his country’s support for Abbas’ initiative to convene an international peace conference.
In addition, al-Hayat al-Jadida reported Palestine’s ambassador to Belgium and the European Union (EU) Abdul Rahim al-Farra stating that the Belgian government has promised to consider the recognition of the State of Palestine ]based on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital[.
Finally, al-Ayyam and al-Hayat al-Jadida printed a translation for AFP’s report Family hopes Palestinian-American lawmaker Rashida Tlaib can rein in Trump.
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