Palestinian demonstrations continued near the separation fence in the Gaza Strip, for the fifth day in a row, denouncing the settlers’ storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the ongoing occupation violations in the occupied West Bank.
Dozens of Palestinian youth demonstrated on Thursday for the fifth day in a row, near the fence separating the Gaza Strip.
Dozens of Palestinians flocked to the separation fence to participate in demonstrations called by young men calling themselves “revolutionary youth” on social media, denouncing the settlers’ storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the ongoing occupation violations in the West Bank.
Groups of young men launched balloons carrying sound bombs towards the Israeli settlements adjacent to the Gaza Strip.
Since the beginning of the demonstrations, the Israeli army has deployed its heavily armed forces, vehicles, and sniper units along the separation fence to disperse the demonstrations.
During the past few days, similar demonstrations took place in which a Palestinian was martyred and dozens were injured and suffocated as a result of their dispersal by Israeli forces stationed on the eastern border of the Gaza Strip.
Hundreds of settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque on Sunday, on the occasion of the so-called “Hebrew New Year,” while the Israeli police emptied it.
Since last year, the occupied West Bank has witnessed a state of extreme tension following the occupation army's incursions into Palestinian cities and camps.
“No injuries.” Shooting targets the American embassy in Beirut
Gunshots were fired near the entrance to the US Embassy in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. No injuries were reported, while the Lebanese military judiciary began an investigation into the incident.
Spokesman for the US Embassy in Lebanon, Jake Nelson, announced Thursday that gunshots were fired at the embassy located in the Awkar area near Beirut on Wednesday evening, but no injuries were reported.
Nelson said: “At 22:37 (19:37 GMT), shots were fired near the entrance to the embassy” in the town of Awkar, north of Beirut.
He explained that the shooting “did not lead to any injuries,” and that the embassy is in “close communication” with the Lebanese security services.
Beirut Shooting at the American embassy, without injuries
Agence France-Presse quoted a security source as saying that preliminary investigations "indicate that the perpetrator monitored the place and chose the appropriate time to fire 15 bullets toward the embassy, a number of which hit its iron gate and others the surrounding concrete walls."
He added, "The perpetrator left behind a bag containing two bullet magazines for a Kalashnikov rifle," which were confiscated by the Lebanese security services.
According to the security source, security has cordoned off the place, the area is still being combed, and surveillance cameras are being collected.
A judicial official told the agency that the incident is being treated "as a serious crime that targeted the embassy of a major country on Lebanese territory and endangered the security of its employees."
The area surrounding the embassy is witnessing strict security measures undertaken by the Lebanese army. Washington is currently building a huge complex in the same area to move the embassy there.
The shooting coincided with the thirty-ninth anniversary of a car bomb attack that targeted an embassy building in Awkar in 1984, killing 11 people and wounding dozens, and Washington accused the Lebanese Hezbollah of responsibility for it.
The embassy moved to this town in 1984 after its previous building in the Ain al-Mreisseh area, west of Beirut, was subjected to a massive suicide truck bombing on April 18, 1983, which killed 63 people. The attack was claimed by an organization calling itself "Islamic Jihad", which Washington confirmed was linked to Hezbollah, an ally of Iran.
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