Israel Suffering Grim Wave of Violence While Hamas
Call for More to Commemorate Christian Attack on Temple Mount
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“For it was
Hashem‘s doing to stiffen their hearts to give battle to Yisrael, in order that
they might be proscribed without quarter and wiped out, as Hashem had commanded
Moshe.” Joshua 11:20 (The Israel
Bible™)
Palestinian rioters clash with Israeli security forces
near the Israel-Gaza border. (Credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
A summary of the Palestinian violence suffered by Israel
in the last two weeks paints a grim picture:
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A Palestinian armed with hand grenades and a gun
attacked IDF soldiers stationed on the security fence separating Israel from
Gaza. The Palestinian terrorist was attempting to cross into Israel.
·
Dvir Sorek, a
19-year-old yeshiva student, was stabbed to death in Gush Etzion eight days
ago.
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Two teen siblings were run
over by a Palestinian terrorist in Gush Etzion last Friday.
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Two Palestinians stabbed an Israeli
Police Officer in the upper body two weeks ago.
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At least six rockets were fired from Gaza into
Israel in the last week.
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A father and his son were severely wounded in a
grenade attack at a spring near Dolev in the Samaria today. The daughter was
murdered in the attack.
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Since August 1, nine Palestinian militants have
been killed in four infiltration attempts from the Gaza Strip into Israel,
while one Israeli army officer and two soldiers have been injured on the
Gaza border.
The IDF is preparing for the weekly Hamas-organized March
of Return riots that have been taking place every Friday, the Muslim sabbath,
along Israel’s southern border for the last fifteen months. In a call for an
intensified riot today, Hamas sent out a draft message on Monday titled
“Responding to the call of Al-Aqsa.” The message called for Gazans
to show their commitment to “protecting Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque” from
the “Zionist and American” threat. Hamas also called on the Palestinians inside
Israel to increase their violent attacks against Israelis.
Israel and Hamas agreed to an Egyptian-brokered
cease-fire several months ago and the IDF is instructing its soldiers to show
restraint in their responses.
The Palestinian National Council (PNC) issued a statement,
“demanding an Arab, Islamic and international action” to the events two
weeks ago The holy day of Tisha B’av (the Ninth of Av) coincided with the
Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha . The Muslim authority closed all mosques in
Jerusalem except for Al Aqsa, the silver-domed mosque on the Temple
Mount. The Muslim authority called on the Palestinians to
gather en masse and to prevent the Jews from visiting their holiest
site on the day commemorating the destruction of the two temples that once
stood there.
In a press release on Tuesday, Hamas urged Palestinians
to take to the streets to protest on the 50th anniversary of an arson attack
that took place in 1969.
“We call upon all Palestinians, along with all Hamas
members and officials, to express their outrage and participate in the massive
popular and peaceful activity next Friday in order to face off the Israeli and
US schemes and back Palestinian defenders of al-Aqsa”, Hamas said in the press
release.
The attack was carried out by a
Christian Australian citizen on August 21, 1969. The attack
damaged a pulpit in the Aqsa Mosque. The perpetrator was tried, found to
be insane, and hospitalized in a mental institution.
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