Middle East Monitor / July 3, 2023
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, on Monday, suspended contact and security coordination with Israel, after Israeli occupation forces launched a major raid against resistance fighters in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, his office said in a statement Reuters reports.
The decision came after Abbas held a meeting with other leaders of the Palestinian Authority.
Nine Palestinians were killed by Israeli occupation forces in the occupied West Bank yesterday, eight in Jenin and one in Ramallah, according to the Health Ministry. At least 50 others were injured.
Abbas has temporarily suspended coordination with Israel a number of times in the past, during previous attacks by occupation forces of Palestinian towns and cities.
Nearly 190 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since the start of this year, according to the Health Ministry. At least 25 Israelis have also been killed in separate attacks during the same period.
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Israeli reports ongoing security coordination, Palestinian official denies
Middle East Monitor / July 4, 2023
A Palestinian official has denied Israeli reports about ongoing security coordination with Tel Aviv, despite Israeli attacks in the West Bank city of Jenin, Anadolu Agency reports.
On Monday, the occupation forces launched its largest military operation in Jenin in more than 20 years, killing at least 10 Palestinians and injuring more than 100 others, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
In protest of the Israeli offensive, the Palestinian Authority decided to suspend all forms of contacts and security coordination with Tel Aviv.
But Israeli media reports suggested that security coordination between Ramallah and Tel Aviv was still ongoing.
“The Palestinian security apparatus are committed by the decision of the Palestinian leadership to halt security coordination with Israel,” the Palestinian official, who preferred to remain unnamed, told the state news agency WAFA, on Tuesday.
He said the Israeli reports about security coordination aimed to “create confusion”.
The Israeli offensive in Jenin came amid rising tensions across the Occupied West Bank in recent months amid repeated Israeli raids into Palestinian towns.
Nearly 190 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli occupation forces since the start of this year, according to the Health Ministry. At least 25 Israelis have also been killed in separate attacks during the same period.
