Tension escalated further between Palestinians and Israelis on Sunday, January 29. Karam Ali Ahmad Salman, 18, was killed by "Israeli occupation near the settlement of Kdumim" in the north of the territory occupied by Israel since 1967, the Palestinian ministry said. According to the Israeli army, a "civilian security team" opened fire overnight from Saturday to Sunday on a person "armed with a pistol" near this Jewish settlement.
Another Palestinian, injured in clashes between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers a few days earlier, died on Saturday at Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem, a spokeswoman for this establishment told Agence France-Presse (AFP). , without specifying his identity or age.
Since the beginning of the year, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has claimed the lives of 34 Palestinians (including attackers, combatants and civilians, including minors), 6 Israeli civilians (including one minor) and one Ukrainian, according to an AFP count made from official Israeli and Palestinian sources.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised a "strong" and "swift" response to two attacks on Friday and Saturday, January 28, by two Palestinians from East Jerusalem, part of the Holy City occupied and annexed by Israel.
On Friday night, a 21-year-old Palestinian shot at passers-by near a synagogue in the settlement neighborhood of Neve Yaakov, killing six Israelis and a Ukrainian woman. On Saturday morning, a 13-year-old Palestinian shot and wounded two Israelis in Silwan, a stone's throw from the Old City walls.
The new violence came against a backdrop of sharp escalation after the death on Thursday of nine Palestinians, including fighters and a woman in her 60s, in an Israeli army raid in Jenin, in the northern West Bank.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected in Jerusalem and Ramallah on Monday 30 and Tuesday 31 January to discuss steps towards de-escalation.
In 2022, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict claimed 235 lives, nearly 90% Palestinians, according to the AFP count.
Israeli settlement in the West Bank is deemed illegal by the United Nations, and according to the Palestinian Health Ministry, Kdumim was built on private Palestinian land.
