Yom Kippur in the shadow of security tensions: high alert in Jerusalem and the West Bank
After last year the state of forgiveness was noted with the participation of several thousand due to the corona virus - this year thousands are expected to come to the capital.
Thousands of members of the security forces are preparing to secure the events, with roadblocks and an emphasis on the holy places and crowded sites
Shlomi Heller and Amir Bohbot
01/10/2022
Saturday, October 01, 2022, 5:15 p.m. Updated: Sunday, October 02, 2022, 6:09 a.m.
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On video: Salihat in capsules at the Western Wall (photo: mx1, editing: Shaul Adam)
Thousands of policemen, soldiers and police volunteers are preparing to secure the Yom Kippur events in Jerusalem, this against the backdrop of security tensions in Judea and Samaria and the capital.
After last year the state of forgiveness was noted with the participation of several thousand and under gathering restrictions due to the corona virus - this year tens of thousands are expected to participate in events in the city.
Already during the last few weeks, the security forces have been working to secure the thousands of worshipers who come every evening to the Western Wall plaza for the prayers.
The police say that the emphasis will be on crowded places, holy places and entertainment sites.
A holiday in the shadow of pranks.
Yom Kippur at the Western Wall, 2021 (Photo: Flash 90, Olivier Fitosi)
Blockades and traffic disruptions are expected in the city on Monday and Tuesday, with an emphasis on roads near the Old City, including: Jerusalem Division, Old City Bypass Road, Ma'ale HaShalom Road, Jaffa Gate, Yitzhak Karib, IDF Square, Gethsemane-Derech Haofel, Rockefeller and Sultan Suleiman , through Jericho.
High alert in the territories
Just today, a Palestinian who tried to throw a Molotov cocktail at the Security Forces in the town of al-Azriya, east of Jerusalem, was shot and killed. The Border Guard said that the 18-year-old youth was "a threat who had a Molotov cocktail in his hand and tried to throw it." According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the dead He is Faiz Khaled Damdum.
During the night, fire was opened at an IDF force operating in the village of Burka in the area of the Shumron regional division, and a shooting attack was carried out at the settlement of Beit El in Benjamin.
No injuries were reported.
In the scans carried out in the area, the weapon cases from which the shooting was carried out were located.
Two attacks a day.
Security Forces in East Jerusalem (Photo: Reuters)
These events are added to the scope of warnings about intentions to carry out attacks against IDF soldiers and Israeli civilians in the West Bank, and accordingly it was decided to increase the level of alertness and reinforce the area with elite units, including the Golani patrol that operated in the city of Nablus last week and hit the militants.
The main vigilance of the IDF and the Israel Defense Forces will be around the seam line, central axes, intersections and protection of the settlements, including the security of outposts.
In the meantime, against the backdrop of increased incitement and shooting attacks throughout Judea and Samaria, Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi decided to hold a situation assessment discussion at the Central Command, at the end of which he issued a warning to the Palestinian Authority that if the area does not calm down and the Palestinian security mechanisms do not act against the militants - the IDF will be forced to expand the way the operation and move additional battalions of fighters to the area while harming the Palestinian fabric of life.
Two days later, the chairman of the Palestinian Authority, Abu Mazen, convened the governors and heads of the Palestinian security mechanisms and demanded that they increase the handling of the armed forces and calm the area. It is estimated in the security system that a combination of the effectiveness of the targeted operations in the refugee camps and Palestinian cities against terrorist operatives will restore the security mechanisms' activity. stability for the region.
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