• his week, over 9,000 demonstrators took part in the Friday demonstrations in the Gaza Strip, more than in previous weeks (in which there were about 6,000). This week as well, demonstrations were characterized by a relatively high level of violence. IEDs, hand grenades and Molotov cocktails were thrown at IDF forces. In addition, Palestinians attempted to damage the security fence and cross into Israeli territory.

Violent activity of young Palestinians near the security fence in the northern Gaza Strip during the return march (Facebook page of Ahfad al-Nasser, a terrorist network affiliated with the Popular Resistance Committees, September 21, 2019)

  • In Judea and Samaria, a stabbing attack by a Palestinian woman was thwarted in the Kalandia Crossing. In the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, her death was falsely referred to as “execution.” Hamas’s spokesman once again called for an uprising in the West Bank and for resistance against the “[Israeli] death checkpoints.” According to reports in Israeli media, the Palestinian Authority’s security services thwarted an attempt to manufacture unsophisticated rockets, which PIJ operatives tried to assemble based on know-how from Iran.
  • The Palestinian prisoners continue their hunger strike in Israeli jails demanding the removal of cellular jamming devices in jails. Throughout Judea and Samaria, there were expressions of sympathy with the striking prisoners. However, this did not gain widespread public support.

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