Endless seems to be the intensity in Middle East, as The conflict between Israelis and Palestinians continues, with no tendency to retreat. In fact, Lebanon also enters the dance.
A man opened fire tonight on Thursday night (13/05) with a semi-automatic weapon against a group of Jews, injuring a person, in Israeli Lod, a theater of violent conflict in recent days.
According to an eyewitness who spoke to Agence France-Presse, a group of armed Jews were patrolling an area where the situation is tense, when a person opened fire with a semi-automatic weapon injuring a man in the leg.
“A group of Jews was shot dead in the city of Lod. “One person was injured and police are looking for suspects,” said Mickey Rosenfeld, a spokesman for Israeli police.
Located next to Ben Gurion International Airport, Lod is a city between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, with a population of 77,000, of whom 47,000 are Jews and 23,000 are Arab Israelis.
Earlier this week, an Arab Israeli man, Musa Hasuna, was shot dead during a confrontation between Jewish nationalists and young Arabs.
Then at least one synagogue was attacked, partially destroyed and cars set on fire, forcing authorities to declare a “state of emergency” and impose a curfew from 8 p.m.
The leader of the far-right Religious Zionist party, Bezalel Smottric, was in Lod tonight and accused police of “doing nothing” and calling on the army to intervene to “prevent a bloodshed”.
Three rockets were fired from Lebanon at northern Israel
At the same time, the Israeli Army announced that three rockets were fired from Lebanon at northern Israel, but landed in the Mediterranean, noting that there was no damage or injury to humans.
According to the Athenian-Macedonian News Agency, the Israeli television network 13 TV initially broadcast rockets fired from Lebanon at Israel.
The mayor of an Israeli city near the Israeli-Lebanese border also said three rockets were fired, without any injuries.
The Israeli army is mobilizing 9,000 additional reserves
Earlier, Benny Ganz approved the mobilization of an additional 9,000 reserves, his office announced tonight. The additional military forces will be deployed in the southern and central regional command of the armed forces, among others, the announcement said.
Israel mobilized 5,000 reserves on Tuesday.
Earlier today Israel deploys tanks and armor along border with Gaza, where the exchange of fire continues. Ganz also ordered reinforcements to be sent to security forces in “mixed” cities, where Jews and Arabs live together, as riots have been raging since Tuesday.
The military says about 1,750 rockets have been fired from Gaza into Israel since Monday night.
Violence caused violence…
Violence erupted after the start of hostilities on Monday between Israel and Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip. Violence also broke out in “mixed” cities in northern Israel, especially in the city of Acre.
On Wednesday night, a 33-year-old Arab-Israeli was lynched by far-right people in Bat Yam, near Tel Aviv. The man was taken to hospital with broken ribs and fractures to his face, according to the hospital where he was treated.
The Arab citizens of Israel are descendants of the Palestinians who remained on their land when the Jewish state was founded in 1948.
Egypt and Russia call on Israel to end attacks on Gaza
Egypt and Russia have called on Israel to stop attacking the Gaza Strip and end the bloodshed amid fears of further escalation.
In particular, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Sukri and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov called for a full ceasefire earlier in the day to save lives and pave the way for political consultations.
The two countries’ foreign ministers stressed the importance of “stopping the military confrontation and for the international community to react seriously to proposing a solution to a just peace.”
The two foreign ministers even agreed to coordinate their efforts and intensify their contacts to end the crisis.
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