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A Palestinian protester uses a sling to hurl stones towards Israeli troops during clashes near the Jewish settlement of Bet El, near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah yesterday. Violence intensified in Jerusalem and the West Bank on Sunday after Israelis were targeted in two stabbing attacks and a Palestinian was killed in a clash with Israeli troops, officials said. (Reuters/Mohamad Torokman)

Israeli forces have once again attacked against Palestinian demonstrators protesting Tel Aviv’s wave of aggression across the occupied West Bank. Yesterday, clashes erupted near the city of Nablus after Israeli forces stormed several houses there and arrested a number of Palestinians.

Palestinian health officials reported that at least five people were wounded in the clashes.

The Tel Aviv regime forces also stormed villages on the outskirts of the city of Jenin yesterday morning. A Palestinian teenager, identified as Muhammad Ahmad Jaradat, was injured in the village of Zububa north of Jenin.

He was transferred to hospital after excessive tear gas inhalation.

In Bethlehem, Israeli forces shot and injured at least three Palestinians with live rounds during the funeral of a 13-year-old Palestinian who was shot dead by Israeli forces a day before.

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) says nearly 500 Palestinians have sustained injuries during clashes with Israeli soldiers and settlers across the occupied Palestinian territories since Saturday.

The al-Bireh-based humanitarian organisation said at least 180 Palestinians were shot by live rounds or rubber-coated steel bullets. Others were physically assaulted or exposed to excessive tear gas inhalation.

There have been increasing clashes between Israelis and Palestinians over Israeli settlers’ storming of the al-Aqsa Mosque.

Israel has imposed sweeping restrictions on entries into al-Aqsa Mosque compound since August 26.

Tel Aviv has also threatened to launch new military operations against Palestinians following the deaths of two Israelis over the weekend in al-Quds (Jerusalem).

Meanwhile, Israeli forces shot and wounded yet another young Palestinian man during clashes with a group of Palestinian youths in the occupied East al-Quds (Jerusalem).

The head of the emergency department at the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), Amin Abu Ghazalah, said the skirmishes broke out in the predominantly Palestinian neighbourhood of Beit Hanina in East al-Quds on Monday evening.

An unnamed Palestinian youth was shot in the chest when Israeli troops fired live rounds to disperse the crowd. The young Palestinian was transferred to the al-Makassed hospital, where he is said to be in critical condition.

On Sunday, the PRCS declared a level-three state of emergency in the West Bank and East al-Quds, calling on the international community to take necessary steps and to force Israel to comply with international law.

In a statement on Monday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas slammed the Tel Aviv regime for the escalation of tensions.

The statement from Abbas’ office said Israel has an interest “in dragging things into a cycle of violence” due to the turmoil in the al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Yesterday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham strongly condemned the Tel Aviv regime over its aggression against the defenceless Palestinian people, particularly in the West Bank, and the death of young Palestinians at the hands of Israeli troops. — PressTV.