The attack comes on the heels of a major Israeli military operation at the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, in which 12 Palestinians were killed.
The West Bank operation in the Jenin refugee camp was one of the most intense military offensives by Israeli forces in the last two decades. At least 12 Palestinians were killed and several more were injured, as per the Palestinian Health Ministry.
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said Israeli forces “deliberately” shot at Ghunaim with the intention to kill him.
The violence along the Gaza front, fueled by the unrest between Israeli police and Palestinians in Jerusalem, appears to be the heaviest cross-border fighting since last year’s 11-day war.
Israeli authorities say they are committed to maintaining the status quo, but in recent years large groups of nationalist and religious Jews have regularly visited the site with police escorts.
Over the weekend, Israel caught four of the six Palestinian inmates, who tunneled out of a maximum security prison on Sept. 6.
Late on Saturday, the four re-captured prisoners appeared separately in court where prosecutors are pushing terrorist attack charges against them following their escape.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett called it a “grave incident” that required maximum effort by Israel’s various security branches.
Israeli fighter jets carried out airstrikes on the Gaza Strip in response to incendiary balloons launched at southern Israel, according to security sources.
Israel launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip late Thursday for a second time since a shaky cease-fire ended last month’s 11-day war.
The top United Nations envoy to Israel and the Palestinian territories is welcoming the cease-fire in the latest war between Israel and the Hamas- militant group that rules Gaza.
Israel and Hamas agreed to a cease-fire Thursday, halting a bruising 11-day war that caused widespread destruction in the Gaza Strip.
Israel continued to pound Hamas targets in Gaza with airstrikes, while Palestinian militants bombarded Israel with rocket fire throughout the day.
A large number of Indian-Americans in Chicago have come out in support of Israel during its current conflict with the Hamas, which they alleged are indulging in terror attacks against the Jewish community.
Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir said Saturday that 21 people were arrested for disturbing public order by expressing solidarity with Palestinians
Israel on Thursday said it was massing troops along the Gaza frontier and calling up 9,000 reservists ahead of a possible ground invasion of the Hamas-ruled territory.
Israeli police faced off with Palestinian protesters Sunday in another night of clashes in east Jerusalem.
Palestine has slammed Israel for issuing deportation orders for Palestinian worshippers from the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, the third-holiest site in Islam after Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday announced that the country will reconsider the deals and understandings reached with both Israel and the US amid the former's annexation plans.
Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential candidate said on Wednesday if he's elected the US Embassy is Israel would remain in Jerusalem. However, he called President Donald Trump’s decision to move the diplomatic base from Tel Aviv “short-sighted and frivolous.”
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