Will the tensions in Jerusalem ignite the south as well?

The alertness was raised in the Iron Dome batteries

The defense establishment fears that Sheikh Jarrah events will also be projected on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and is preparing for the possibility of escalation.

Security officials: "The period is very explosive, the events in Jerusalem are always used as fuel for incitement, no one can guarantee that because of them no extremist will rise up and launch a rocket."

Amir Bohbot

16/02/2022

Wednesday, February 16, 2022, 10:20 p.m.

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In the video: Clashes between Jews and Arabs in Sheikh Jarrah resume (Photo: Shlomi Heller)

The IDF is preparing for the possibility that tensions in Jerusalem, and especially around the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, will radiate to the Gaza Strip and lead to escalation in the south, and in recent days discussions have been held between the army, the Israel Police and the Border Police.

"No one can guarantee that due to the security situation and the events around Jerusalem, which are always used as fuel for incitement, no extremist will rise in Gaza and launch a rocket," a security source said this week

.

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The defense establishment is also concerned about escalation in other sectors following the events in Jerusalem.

The IDF is particularly concerned about the incitement on Palestinian social networks surrounding the situation in Sheikh Jarrah and the Temple Mount, led by Hamas, and fears that it will encourage terrorism by individual terrorists. In a number of spatial

brigades

stationed in the sector, and the expansion of the use of non-lethal weapons in the event of clashes in demonstrations.

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"No one wants to get to Ramadan with when the flames are high"

"This is a very explosive period for many reasons," says a security source.

"The goal at the moment is to calm the area and not allow Hamas to advance its agendas in Judea and Samaria.

No one wants to get to the approaching Ramadan holiday season when the flames are high in the territories.

In such a situation it would be easy to promote terrorism.

"The IDF is not yet at the stage where it is demanding reinforcements, but if the situation in Sheikh Jarrah does not calm down, and the violent disturbances increase in Judea and Samaria

, it will have to be reconsidered."

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