The Israeli executive announced, on the night of this Saturday to Sunday, measures against the “terrorist families” after two attacks in East Jerusalem, one of which killed seven people.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had promised this Saturday night a “strong” and “solid” response to these attacks perpetrated by two Palestinians in East Jerusalem, part of the Holy City occupied and annexed by Israel.
Seven civilians, including a couple and a 14-year-old boy, died Friday night in one of them, in Neve Yaacov.
revocation of rights
At the end of a meeting in the evening, the Israeli security cabinet announced the revocation of the Social Security rights of “terrorist families who support terrorism.”
He also stressed that this Monday a bill to revoke “Israeli identity cards” for this same category of families would be discussed in the Council of Ministers.
Benjamin Netanyahu returned to power in December with the support of far-right and ultra-Orthodox Jewish formations, and these measures are likely to apply mainly to Palestinians with Israeli nationality (Israeli Arabs, according to the Israeli name) and to Palestinians with resident status. In Israel. East of Jerusalem.
Israeli incursion into the West Bank
On Friday night, a 21-year-old Palestinian shot at passers-by near a synagogue in the Neve Yaacov settlement neighborhood, killing seven people before being shot. On Saturday morning, a 13-year-old Palestinian shot and wounded two Israelis in Silwan, a stone’s throw from the Old City walls. Neither of these two attacks has been claimed.
Three of the victims of the Neve Yaacov shooting were buried overnight from Saturday to Sunday: Asher Natan, a 14-year-old teenager, as well as Eli and Natalie Mizrahi, a couple shot while trying to help the killer’s first victims. according to the testimony of a neighbor.
This new violence occurs in a context of sudden escalation after the death on Thursday of nine Palestinians, including fighters and a 60-year-old man, in a raid by the Israeli army in Jenin, in the West Bank, a Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967.
Source: BFM TV
