Earlier on Tuesday, the Hamas terror group had threatened to “cleanse” the Al Aqsa Mosque of “the filth of the occupation,” following a visit to the Temple Mount a few hours earlier by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
A confidential paper composed by the European Union's mission in east Jerusalem contends that the "connecting people, connecting land" principle should be applied to "all interventions in Area C with the overall objective to integrate Area C with Area A and B."
The rioters built a flagpole upon the ruins of Sebastia and hoisted a PLO flag on it. The head of the Shomron Regional Council: “The government has forsaken the country’s historic sites, the perpetrators must be prosecuted.”
Local media identifies them as Mohammed Ayman Saadi, a senior member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and Na'im Zubeidi from the Fatah-linked Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.
Palestinian rioters hurl bombs and fire shots at soldiers in the flashpoint city, the military says in a statement.
Flames were seen spewing out of the windows of the burning floor as hundreds of people gathered outside on the street, waiting for fire trucks and ambulances.
In September, the IDF concluded its own investigation into the death of the journalist, who was killed during a firefight between Israeli forces and Palestinian gunmen in Jenin.
Tawfik Tirawi, a former head of the Palestinian General Intelligence Service (GIS) and one of the most senior figures in the PLO, finds himself at the center of an affair that has rocked the Palestinian Authority.
During the raid in Qabatiya, rioters clashed with Israeli forces, hurling rocks and an explosive device, the IDF said.
The draft, which passed the committee stage ahead of a General Assembly vote, refers Israel's conduct to the International Court of Justice, whose decisions are not binding.