Day: 7 October 2022

Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for President Mahmoud Abbas, has condemned the ongoing crimes of the Israeli occupation and its settlers against our Palestinian people, the latest of which was the killing of two Palestinians, including a child, in the West Bank provinces of Ramallah and Qalqilia.

“These crimes are an extension of the series of field executions against our people. The continuation of this policy will lead to an explosion of the situation and to more tensions and instability,” said Abu Rudeineh in a statement.

The presidential spokesman held the Israeli occupation government directly responsible for this escalation and its repercussions, stressing that “this escalating policy against our people and our Islamic and Christian holy sites will not bring security and stability to anyone, but will push the situation into escalation and tension, whose dangerous consequences no one can bear.”

“We call on the international community, especially the US administration, to intervene immediately to stop this criminal Israeli policy before it is too late,” he said.

The presidential spokesperson stressed that the Palestinian leadership will take everything necessary to protect our people and our inalienable national rights.

Source: Palestine News & Information Agency

Two Palestinians, including a child, were shot dead this evening in two separate incidents in the occupied West Bank provinces of Ramallah and Qalqilia, according to local and medical sources.

In Ramallah, a Palestinian young man was shot dead and another one injured by Israeli occupation forces during confrontations in the village of Al-Mazra’a al-Qibliya, to the northwest of Ramallah.

Witnesses told WAFA that local Palestinian villagers were countering an attack by Israeli settlers on the village when Israeli occupation soldiers opened gunfire at them, killing a Palestinian young man, Mahdi Ladadweh, by a live shot in his abdomen, and injuring at least another one, the sources added.

The wounded was rushed to a nearby hospital for medical treatment.

Meantime in Qalqilia, north of the West Bank, a 14-year-old Palestinian child died of wounds he had sustained earlier today when Israeli soldiers fired live shots at him near the Israeli segregation barrier, close to the city. The child was identified as Adel Ibrahim Daoud.

Source: Palestine News & Information Agency

President Mahmoud Abbas chaired this evening a meeting of the Follow-up Committee, in charge of taking the practical steps required to implement the decisions of the PLO Central Council and the content of the President’s speech at the UN last month.

The Committee reviewed the practical steps required to complete the implementation of the decisions of the Central Council and the speech delivered by President Abbas at the UN, in light of the existing relationship with the Israeli occupation and the United States.

The Committee also discussed the internal situation and the need to strengthen the home front to face challenges, and the attempts of Israel and extremist settler groups to undermine security and stability in Palestine.

The Committee confirmed that practical steps have been taken for the accession of the State of Palestine to international organizations, including those announced by the President in his speech before the United Nations, authorizing the President to implement this decision.

The Committee decided to remain in permanent session according to the scheduled program.

Source: Palestine News & Information Agency