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Basil Ayed, 17. Published by IMEMC News
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by IMEMC News
Sep 6, 2023

Israeli police abducted, on Wednesday, a Palestinian teen, after an alleged stabbing attack, which left three illegal Israeli settlers injured near the Hebron Gate, at the entrance to the Old City of occupied Jerusalem.

Three illegal Israeli settlers were injured, on Wednesday afternoon, in an alleged stabbing at the Hebron Gate (Bab Al-Khalil), one of the gates leading to the Old City of occupied Jerusalem, according to the Magen David Adom ambulance service.

Israeli police abducted Basil Ayed, 17, at the Hebron Gate, claiming that he stabbed three Israeli colonizers, one of whom was seriously injured, while two others sustained minor injuries.

Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention states;

The Occupying Power [ISRAEL] shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies [PALESTINE].

After the incident, police were deployed in large numbers near the scene, impeding the movement of Palestinian citizens, and inspecting their identification, a searching their possessions.

Israeli army radio claimed that the accused teen was injured, however, no further details were available at the time of writing this report.

Shortly after the alleged attack, Israeli forces invaded the home of the accused teen, in the Jabal al-Mokabber neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem.

Soldiers stormed the family home, on Wednesday evening, ransacked it, and proceeded to abduct the youth’s mother and sister.

The abduction of family members of an alleged perpetrator is a clear act of collective punishment, by the Israeli occupation army.

Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention states;

"No protected person may be punished for an offence he or she has not personally committed. Collective penalties and likewise all measures of intimidation or of terrorism are prohibited.
Pillage is prohibited.
Reprisals against protected persons and their property are prohibited."
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Israeli Man Seriously Wounded in Stabbing Attack in Jerusalem's Old City

The wounded man was taken to Hadassah University Hospital in Mt. Scopus in serious condition. The suspect, a 17-year-old from East Jerusalem, was arrested

by Nir Hasson and Ido Efrati for Haaretz
Sep 6, 2023

A 56-year-old Israeli man was stabbed on Wednesday near the Jaffa Gate of Jerusalem's Old City, according to Magen David Adom emergency services.

The wounded man was taken to Hadassah University Hospital in Mt. Scopus in serious condition and was later announced to be in moderate condition after being treated. One other man was lightly wounded after attempting to stop the assailant and taken in for medical treatment.

The suspect, a 17-year-old from East Jerusalem, was arrested and taken in for questioning. Police Chief Kobi Shabtai also arrived at the scene. The knife used was also taken in as evidence. According to Israel Police, the incident is being treated as a terror attack.

Footage of the incident circulated on social media showing the assailant emerging from behind a man's back while talking on the phone and suddenly begin stabbing the victim. According to the footage, another person at the scene tried to stop him, and the assailant began running away while also trying to stab the man as well.

Today, senior Hamas figure Salah al-Arouri was interviewed by Al Jazeera TV and said that the organization was aiming for "the strengthening of the resistance forces and its power in the West Bank." It will be used to deal with "the extreme right in Israel, which seeks to Judaize the West Bank, mainly in the Jerusalem and Hebron areas."

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