Israel shuts Palestinian radio station

Later in the month, the Israeli army announced his detention would not be renewed and he would be released on November 4.

Allan spoke to reporters following his return late Wednesday, calling his release “a victory”.

The radical Islamic Jihad group says the 31-year-old lawyer from Einabus, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, is a member.

He was previously imprisoned from 2006 to 2009 for allegedly seeking to recruit suicide bombers and aiding wanted Palestinians.

Iour Israelis were stabbed in separate attacks on Monday, while a Palestinian teenager who reportedly tried to knife a soldier was shot dead.

“A border policeman was taken to hospital seriously wounded and is in life-threatening condition”, police spokeswoman Luba Samri said in a statement.

He died and two passengers were hurt after Palestinians pelted their vehicle with rocks as they drove home from a meal marking the Jewish New Year in Jerusalem.

The other 27 Palestinians were killed in clashes between stone-throwers and security forces. 245 Palestinians were arrested in Hebron, the focus of resistance in the West Bank. Despair and frustration among young Palestinians are driving much of the violence, with many feeling they have nothing to lose, Israeli Military Intelligence Directorate head Major General Herzi Halevi has said, according to Israeli newspaper Haaretz.

One Palestinian was buried separately in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem.

The Temple Mount compound is a frequent flashpoint and its fate is a core issue at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The residents of Hebron are the butt of many jokes in Palestinian popular culture.

“The main cause (of the current violence) is the provocative visits by settlers and right-wing activists to the al-Aqsa mosque with a clear plan to control this area and declare that it belongs to the Jewish people”, Youssef Jabarin, an Israeli Knesset member from the Arab Joint List told The Media Line. In response, Israel has imposed severe security measures.

Palestinian security officials identified him as Ibrahim Skafi, 22, from Hebron.

Israeli officials have been referring to the attackers as acting mostly on their own and indeed the Meir Amit center’s report agreed with the assessment, saying the average attacker was following a spontaneous personal decision without following any formal organization or leadership.