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Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Senior Palestinian politician condemns IDF warning shots near diplomats, urges world to take action
Stav Levaton is a military reporter for The Times of Israel
Hussein al-Sheikh, vice president of the Palestine Liberation Organization, condemns the incident in Jenin in which IDF forces fired warning shots near a group of European and Arab diplomats during a humanitarian assessment.
In a post on X, al-Sheikh states: “We strongly condemn the shooting of the Israeli occupation forces on the Arab and foreign diplomatic envoys who were on a visit to Jenin Governorate,” calling on the international community to curb what he describes as the “brutal eruption” of Israeli forces in the West Bank and Gaza.
The IDF says the warning shots were fired in the air.
We strongly condemn the shooting of the Israeli occupation forces on the Arab and foreign diplomatic envoys who were on a visit to Jenin Governorate. We call on the international community to curb this brutal eruption of the occupation forces in the Palestinian territories.
— حسين الشيخ Hussein Al Sheikh (@HusseinSheikhpl) May 21, 2025
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