Renewed violence has flared up between Palestine and Israel over the past few days, which has been regarded as the deadliest in years by the UN, causing multiple deaths and injuries. Though the United Nations has previously marked 2022 as one of the deadliest years in Israel-Palestine conflict in recent history, violence has intensified once again after a cascade of events. Nine Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday, 26 January, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said, causing the Palestinian Authority to stop coordinating with Israel on security matters. According to data from the Palestinian Ministry of Health, this puts the total number of Palestinians killed by Israeli troops in the first month of 2023 to 30. A day after the raid, a Palestinian shooter near a synagogue outside of Jerusalem killed seven people and injured three more. These events come against the backdrop of the visit by Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s new Minister of National Security, to the holy sites in Jerusalem on 3 January. The visit has been criticised by Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, and Bahrain, with the majority…
What Is Happening Between Palestine and Israel So Far in 2023
January 28, 2023
