哈馬斯威脅航空公司，本古里安（Ben-Gurion）即將關閉航班

哈馬斯警告國際航空公司不要飛往以色列，稱其瞄準的是以色列的機場。

由路透社，耶路撒冷郵政工作人員

2021年5月13日20:41

達美航空飛機

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本·古里安機場（Ben-Gurion Airport）星期四早上開始改向以色列南部拉蒙國際機場的所有入境航班，因為加沙地帶的恐怖組織繼續向以色列領土發射火箭彈。啟程航班仍將從本古里安機場起飛。

哈馬斯的軍事部門伊扎丁·卡薩姆旅（Izzadin al-Qassam Brigades）週四向國際航空公司發出爆炸消息，警告他們將針對以色列機場，並稱其為“法律免責聲明”。

飛行追踪器FlightAware的數據顯示，在以色列衝突升級的情況下，聯合航空，達美航空和美國航空已取消了美國和特拉維夫之間的航班​​。

英國航空公司，漢莎航空公司，伊比利亞航空公司和維珍航空公司也取消了飛往特拉維夫的航班。

儘管由於不斷升級，許多來港航班被取消，但El Al目前仍在進行緊急航班出境。

耶路撒冷郵報的一名記者說，目前在拉蒙機場積壓的人正等待接受冠狀病毒檢測。

乘客們不確定如何以及何時從埃拉特出發回國。

以色列說，它星期三在加沙地帶殺死了16名哈馬斯武裝聯隊成員，巴勒斯坦恐怖分子向以色列投擲了火箭彈，這是他們多年來最激烈的敵對行動之一。

在一份聲明中，在周四下午向以色列南部和中部大量火箭彈襲擊後不久，哈馬斯軍方“ Izzadin”-“卡薩姆”旅的發言人阿布·烏巴達聲稱，哈馬斯將用250枚Ayyash火箭向拉蒙機場發射火箭彈。他聲稱這是一架射程超過250公里的強火箭。

卡薩姆發言人警告國際航空公司立即停止飛往以色列的所有航班。

阿布·烏巴達（Abu-Ubaida）稱彈幕“是阿克薩（Al-Aqsa）的勝利，也是我們對英勇的領導人和工程師被暗殺的反應的一部分”。

聯合航空表示，已於5月11日取消了從芝加哥和紐瓦克飛往特拉維夫的航班，並於5月12日取消了從舊金山和紐瓦克出發的航班。

聯合航空的一位女發言人說：“我們已經發布了旅行豁免，允許客戶在5月25日之前調整他們的旅行，並將繼續監視這種情況。”

從紐約約翰·肯尼迪國際機場（JFK）飛往特拉維夫的達美航空發言人說，它已發出5月11日至13日航班的旅行機票，“目前還沒有恢復的決心”。

也從肯尼迪國際機場飛往特拉維夫的美國航空沒有立即發表評論。

衝突升級，英國航空公司週四宣布取消往返特拉維夫的航班。

航空公司說：“我們同事和客戶的安全始終是我們的頭等大事，我們將繼續密切監視局勢。”

以色列航空公司（El Al Israel Airlines）週三早些時候表示，它隨時準備根據需要運營額外的航班，以“保持以色列的天空開放”。它在一份聲明中說，這可能包括特殊的航班，以遣返被困在“不可能返回家園的地方”的以色列人。

以色列週一在哈馬斯火箭彈襲擊特拉維夫地區後，短暫停止了從本古里安主要機場的起飛，並轉移了進入的航班。該國在南部有一個較小的機場，稱為拉蒙（Ramon），旨在作為戰時威脅迫使本古里安（Ben-Gurion）長時間關閉的臨時機場。

自上週一以來，由於加沙地帶的恐怖組織和以色列國防軍在耶路撒冷緊張局勢中發生衝突，向以色列發射了約1,200枚火箭彈。

來自加沙的火箭彈殺死了7名以色列人，其中包括一枚火箭彈直接襲擊了羅德島，包括一名父親和一名女兒。

另一名傷亡者是IDF士兵Omer Tabib，他本來將於下個月退伍。

Hamas threatens airlines, Ben-Gurion closes to arriving flights

Hamas warned international airlines from flying to Israel, saying it was targeting airports in Israel.

By REUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

MAY 13, 2021 20:41

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Ben-Gurion Airport began rerouting all inbound flights to Ramon International Airport in southern Israel on Thursday morning, as terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip continued to launch rockets into Israeli territory. Departing flights will still take off from Ben-Gurion Airport.

Hamas' military wing, the Izzadin al-Qassam Brigades, sent out a blast message on Thursday to international airlines, warning them that they will be targeting Israeli airports, and called it a "legal disclaimer" to serve a as a warning.

United Airlines, Delta Airlines and American Airlines have canceled flights between the United States and Tel Aviv, according to data by flight tracker FlightAware, amid an escalating conflict in Israel.

British Airways, Luftansa, Iberia and Virgin Atlantic have also canceled flights to Tel Aviv.

El Al is currently running emergency flights out of the country, despite many incoming flights being canceled due to the ongoing escalation.

There is currently a backlog of people at Ramon Airport waiting to be tested for coronavirus, according to a Jerusalem Post correspondent.

Passengers are uncertain how and when they will depart from Eilat back to their homes across the country.

Israel said it killed 16 members of the Hamas armed wing in Gaza in a barrage on Wednesday and Palestinian terrorists rained rockets into Israel in one of their most intense hostilities in years.

In a statement, shortly after a large barrage of rockets towards southern and central Israel on Thursday afternoon, Abu-Ubaida, spokesman of Hamas's military wing the Izzadin al-Qassam Brigades, claimed that Hamas was launching rockets towards Ramon Airport with the 250 Ayyash rocket which he claimed is a strong rocket with a range greater than 250 km.

The Al-Qassam spokesman warned international airlines to immediately halt all flights to Israel.

Abu-Ubaida called the barrage "a victory for Al-Aqsa and part of our response to the assassination of our heroic leaders and engineers."

United Airlines said it had canceled flights from Chicago and Newark to Tel Aviv on May 11 and flights from San Francisco and Newark on May 12.

"We have issued a travel waiver to allow customers to adjust their travel through May 25 and will continue to monitor the situation," a United spokeswoman said.

A spokesman for Delta, which flies to Tel Aviv from New York's John F. Kennedy International (JFK) airport, said it has issued a travel wavier for flights between May 11 and 13 and has "no determination about resumption at this juncture."

American Airlines, which also flies to Tel Aviv from JFK, had no immediate comment.

British Airways announced it cancelled its flight to and from Tel Aviv on Thursday amid the escalating conflict.

"The safety and security of our colleagues and customers is always our top priority, and we continue to monitor the situation closely," the airline said.

El Al Israel Airlines said earlier on Wednesday it stood ready to operate extra flights as required "to keep Israel's skies open." This could include special flights to repatriate Israelis stranded "in locations from which it is not possible to return home," it said in a statement.

Israel on Monday briefly halted takeoffs from its main Ben-Gurion Airport and diverted incoming flights after a Hamas rocket barrage on the Tel Aviv area. The country has a smaller airport in the South, called Ramon, designed to serve as a stop-gap should wartime threats force longer closures of Ben-Gurion.

Since last Monday, some 1,200 rockets have been fired into Israel, as terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip and the IDF clash amid tensions over Jerusalem.

Rockets from Gaza have killed seven Israelis, including a father and a daughter when one rocket made a direct hit in Lod.

Another casualty was Omer Tabib, an IDF soldier who was set to be released next month.

三枚火箭從黎巴嫩向以色列發射，沒有受傷

星期三晚上，黎巴嫩從黎巴嫩發射了三枚火箭，並降落在地中海上，因為火箭彈一整天都在繼續。

通過ANNA AHRONHEIM，TZVI JOFFRE

2021年5月14日00:17

巴勒斯坦激進分子於2021年5月13日在加沙向以色列發射了火箭彈。

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星期四晚上， 三枚火箭從黎巴嫩南部朝以色列發射。以色列國防軍說，火箭降落在以色列北部海岸附近的海中。

根據以色列國防軍的說法，火箭彈落入了地中海。北部以色列小鎮Shlomi的居民聽到了轟隆隆的聲音。

根據“內政部指揮官”協議，在以色列領土上沒有發出警報聲。

黎巴嫩MTV消息稱，在提爾以南的一個巴勒斯坦恐怖組織很可能是在火箭彈的襲擊後被黎巴嫩安全部隊逮捕的。

Three rockets fired from Lebanon towards Israel, no injuries

Three rockets were fired from Lebanon and landed in the Mediterranean ocean on Thursday night, as rocket barrage continued all day.

By ANNA AHRONHEIM, TZVI JOFFRE

MAY 14, 2021 00:17

Rockets are launched by Palestinian militants into Israel, in Gaza May 13, 2021.

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Three rockets were fired from southern Lebanon toward Israel on Thursday night. The IDF said that the rockets landed in the sea off the coast of northern Israel.

According to the IDF, the rockets fell into the Mediterranean sea. Residents of the northern-Israeli town Shlomi heard the sound of the booms.

No sirens were sounded in Israeli territory, according to Home Front Command protocols.

A Palestinian terrorist group south of Tyre was likely behind the rocket fire and had been arrested by Lebanese security forces, according to MTV Lebanon.

以色列是否因內部衝突而達到臨界點？

暴力爆炸似乎無處不在，但紮根於該國。

由SETH J.FRANTZMAN

2021年5月13日16:23

2021年5月12日，在洛德中心城市的街道上看到以色列警察。

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在以色列的街頭戰鬥，因為猶太人和阿拉伯人的小怪之間的衝突已展開，因為這齋月的開始，對該國一個顯著的威脅。

暴力爆炸似乎無處不在，但根深蒂固。在某些緊張局勢和衝突時期，這種社區暴力或“內戰”常常潛伏在背景中。

阿拉伯人在TikTok手機應用上拍攝並發布了一系列針對東正教猶太人的襲擊事件後，似乎四月下旬在耶路撒冷發生了衝突。這導致了4月22日的極右翼示威。

警察設法阻止了數百名示威者與阿拉伯人發生衝突。隨後是兩個晚上的低強度攻擊和衝突。

但是，4月22日的消息在公眾面前已基本消失。4月19日，賈法發生了類似的衝突，幾人受傷，但賈法的混亂也未引起人們的注意。所有這些都意味著許多社區都在等待5月11日和12日點燃地獄的火花。

當以色列警察於5月10日至11日進入清真寺驅散抗議者時，齋月的結束和al-Aqsa清真寺事件就產生了這種火花。

在社交媒體上共享的圖片，包括聯合名單黨領導人MK Ayman Odeh的圖片，顯示以色列人在耶路撒冷日在西牆歡呼，因為一棵樹在al-Aqsa附近的聖殿山上被燒毀。火焰不是直接可見的，視頻使它看起來像清真寺本身在燃燒。

以色列所謂的“混合城市”（如羅德，海法和英畝）已經存在緊張局勢。但是，在全國各地，緊張局勢往往令人目結舌。拿撒勒和海法也有激進主義和抗議活動的根源，那裡在戰爭時期通常有親巴勒斯坦的集會。

這為在Lod發生內亂奠定了基礎，在5月12日必須在邊境上召集邊防警察。這還導致在5月11日襲擊了猶太教堂，然後進行了一系列的報復襲擊，並企圖私下私刑。這些攻擊逐漸失控，但這並不是以色列的第一種私刑攻擊。

2015年10月，在貝爾謝巴（Beersheba）發生恐怖襲擊後，一群人從厄立特里亞私奔了一名叫Haftom Zarhum的旁觀者，聲稱他們以為是恐怖分子。2015年，Majdal Shams的暴民襲擊了一輛救護車，並處死了一名敘利亞男子，該男子在越境戰鬥中受傷，以色列國防軍正將其送往醫院。德魯茲（Druze）指控該男子為聖戰分子，參與了對敘利亞德魯茲（Druze）的襲擊。

這說明，暴民往往只是遠離對人發動襲擊的心跳。缺乏警察的存在和使用暴民司法的權利感通常是由社交媒體推動的，人們在社交媒體上分享在其他城市的襲擊圖像，這導致了混亂。

例如，以色列最近發生的大多數襲擊可能是由於在其他地方看到襲擊或想要“報仇”造成的。雙方都有其“復仇”的敘述。一個聲稱捍衛“ al-Aqsa”，另一個則是看到一個男孩被哈馬斯火箭彈炸死，或聽說猶太教堂遭到襲擊後正在戰鬥。

以色列的暴民暴力已經襲擊了從拉哈特和貝爾謝巴到蝙蝠任，拉姆，羅德，海法，拿撒勒，耶路撒冷和許多其他地方的十幾個城鎮。在Umm al-Fahm也發生了襲擊和抗議，在南部和中部也發生了槍擊事件。

現在有一個問題，該國是否正面臨暴力的臨界點。

總理呼籲恢復法律和秩序，並譴責襲擊事件，但廣泛的暴力事件表明，這個社會深陷分裂，並將在未來繼續處於邊緣。

Is Israel reaching a tipping point with internal clashes?

The explosion of violence appears to have come from nowhere but has deep roots in the country.

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

MAY 13, 2021 16:23

Israeli police seen on the streets of the central city of Lod, May 12, 2021.

(photo credit: YOSSI ALONI/FLASH90)

The battles on Israel’s streets, as clashes between mobs of Jews and Arabs have unfolded since the beginning of this Ramadan, poses a significant threat to the country.

The explosion of violence appears to have come from nowhere but has deep roots. This communal violence, or “civil war” as some have described it, often lurks in the background during periods of tension and conflict.

It appears that a dry run for the current clashes took place in late April in Jerusalem after a series of attacks on Orthodox Jews were filmed and posted by Arabs on the TikTok phone app. This led to a far-right demonstration on April 22.

Police managed to keep the hundreds of demonstrators who turned out from clashing with Arabs. This followed two nights of low-intensity attacks and clashes.

However, the message of April 22 was largely lost on the public. On April 19, similar clashes in Jaffa had taken place and several people were injured but the chaos in Jaffa also went largely unnoticed. All this meant that many communities were waiting for the spark to ignite the inferno on May 11 and 12.

That spark came with the end of Ramadan and the al-Aqsa Mosque incidents when Israeli police entered the mosque to disperse protesters on May 10 and 11.

Images shared on social media, including by MK Ayman Odeh, the leader of the Joint List Party, showed Israelis cheering at the Western Wall on Jerusalem Day as a tree burned on the Temple Mount near al-Aqsa. The flames were not directly visible and the video made it appear as if the mosque itself was ablaze.

Tensions have already existed in Israel’s so-called “mixed cities” such as Lod, Haifa and Acre. However, across the country, there are often simmering tensions. There are also deep roots of activism and protest in Nazareth and Haifa, where there are usually pro-Palestinian rallies during times of war.

This set the stage for the civil strife in Lod, where the Border Police had to be called in on May 12. It also led to attacks on a synagogue on May 11 and then a spate of revenge attacks and attempted lynchings of people in cars. These attacks spiraled out of control but it isn’t the first type of lynching attacks in Israel.

In October 2015, after a terror attack in Beersheba, a crowd lynched a bystander named Haftom Zarhum from Eritrea, claiming they thought he was a terrorist. In 2015, a mob in Majdal Shams attacked an ambulance and lynched a Syrian man who was wounded in fighting across the border and who the IDF was taking to a hospital. Druze accused the man of being a Jihadist involved in attacks on Druze in Syria.

This illustrates that the mobs are often just a heartbeat away from attacks on people. The lack of a police presence and a sense of entitlement to use mob justice, often driven on by social media where people share images of attacks in other cities, leads to the chaos.

For instance, most of the recent attacks in Israel were probably caused by seeing attacks in other places, or wanting “revenge.” Each side has its “revenge” narrative. One claims to be defending “al-Aqsa,” another is fighting after seeing a boy killed by Hamas rockets, or hearing that synagogues had been attacked.

The mob violence in Israel has now hit a dozen towns and cities from Rahat and Beersheba to Bat Yam and Ramle, Lod, Haifa, Nazareth, Jerusalem and many other places. Attacks and protests have also taken place in Umm al-Fahm, as well as shooting attacks in the South and Center.

There is now a question whether the country is facing a tipping point in the violence.

The prime minister has called for law and order to be restored and has condemned the attacks, but the widespread violence reveals a society that is deeply divided – and will remain on edge in the future.

在全國各地的猶太阿拉伯城市發生槍擊和其他暴力行為的大量報導；甘茨（Gantz）在最近動蕩的中心羅德（Lod）擴展了緊急命令

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以色列特種部隊於2021年5月13日聚集在混合的猶太阿拉伯城市羅德（Ahmad Gharabli / AFP）

在數年來最嚴重的內部動蕩之後的一個晚上，星期四晚上，在幾個阿拉伯猶太城市爆發了新的暴力衝突，與此同時，以色列與加沙地帶的巴勒斯坦恐怖組織之間也繼續進行激烈的戰鬥。

據報導，有兩名平民和一名警察在羅德和拉姆勒遭到阿拉伯襲擊者的槍擊。

特拉維夫市伊奇洛夫醫學中心說，在賈法，一名19歲的士兵被毆打後病情嚴重，並患有顱骨骨折和腦出血。

在擁有猶太和阿拉伯人口的中心城市羅德（Lod），該國已成為困擾該國的種​​族暴力的中心。一名猶太護理人員被槍擊後輕傷。後來的報導稱，在晚上8點開始的宵禁連續第二晚生效後，第二名猶太男子在城市被槍殺。

據12頻道的新聞報導，阿拉伯暴徒還燒毀了一座猶太教堂，這是該市最近發生的暴力事件中被點燃的第五座猶太教堂。

坎新聞發布了該市的錄像帶，上面說的是武裝人員陪同人員前往衝突現場。

隨著宵禁在凌晨3點結束，警察開始禁止Lod的非居民從下午5點開始進入該城市。

在該市持續不斷的暴力事件中，國防部長本尼·甘茨（Benny Gantz）將緊急狀態延長了48小時，他的辦公室表示此舉是應警方要求而採取的。

據第12頻道的新聞報導，在附近的拉姆爾，一名警官被槍打傷。沒有關於他的情況的立即消息。據報他在現場受到治療。

同時，特拉維夫南部的錄像顯示，來自坎的記者遭到數名極右翼暴徒的襲擊和毆打。攝影師羅蘭·諾維茲基（Roland Novitzky）被毆打並被帶走，然後才被送往醫院。與他在一起的記者約夫·澤哈維（Yoav Zehavi）說，他們向警方提起了申訴。

兩名嫌犯因襲擊而被捕。

據《哈雷斯》（Haaretz）日報報導，極右翼激進分子也正在社交媒體上組織攻擊耶路撒冷的阿拉伯人。

根據希伯來媒體的報導，在其他暴力行為中，一個猶太家庭在偶然進入阿拉伯城市後，在Umm al-Fahm被阿拉伯暴徒襲擊。

警方在當地平民的幫助下救出了這對夫婦和三個年幼的孩子。這家人全都受到輕傷。

市政官員強烈譴責這次襲擊事件，市長薩米爾·馬哈米德（Samir Mahamid）隨後致電父親，並表示“對事件的震驚和憎恨”。

在海法，有八名阿拉伯人涉嫌向猶太人投擲石塊而被捕。

在耶路撒冷舉行了反對暴力的和平抗議活動，在阿布古什鎮附近的城市外也舉行了類似的集會。

總理本雅明·內塔尼亞胡（Benjamin Netanyahu）早些時候訪問了羅德（Lod），他說他將批准意義深遠的措施來平息以色列境內所見的暴力行為，包括部署軍隊。

他的言論與國防部長本尼·甘茨（Benny Gantz）的說法相矛盾，後者表示他不同意使用軍隊進行維持治安行動。

內塔尼亞胡在與派往該市的邊防警察會面時說：“我們現在沒有比這些大屠殺更大的威脅，我們別無選擇，只能通過堅定使用武力恢復法律和秩序。”

儘管他呼籲部署以色列國防軍，但內塔尼亞胡不太可能有權獨立批准這種行動。

內塔尼亞胡（Natanyahu）的講話告訴同夥他反對部署軍隊，希伯來媒體援引沙巴泰顯然與甘茨在一起。

內塔尼亞胡還提議對騷亂者進行行政拘留，這是在西岸通常針對巴勒斯坦人採取的有爭議措施。

評論家認為，行政拘留使當局可以長時間拘留人民，而無需對他們進行正式指控，這種做法被批評家指責為不民主和辱罵，但在揭露證據會損害國家安全的情況下，由安全機構進行辯護是一項必要措施。

總理本傑明·內塔尼亞胡（Benjamin Netanyahu）於2021年5月13日在以色列中部城市羅德會見了邊防警察（Kobi Gideon / GPO）

甘茨週四下令對邊防後備人員進行大規模召集，以敦促為製止騷亂而努力的軍官，但具體排除了此時部署部隊的可能性。

據報導，兼任司法部長的甘茨（Gantz）與總檢察長阿維卡伊·曼德爾布里特（Avichai Mandelblit）和其他高級官員達成了一致，將把調查目前在全國范圍內發生的暴力放在首位。

儘管前兩天動亂不斷擴大，並呼籲警察和邊防警察增援，但周四的執法似乎又沒有能力處理這場混亂的局勢，許多暴力場面仍在繼續。

暴力在星期四早晨繼續發生，一名34歲的猶太人在羅德（Lod）的一個市場附近被刺傷，羅德是一個有猶太和阿拉伯人口的城市，已經成為困擾該國的種​​族暴力的中心。據希伯來媒體報導，這名中度受傷的男子正在祈禱的途中，在該市的一座清真寺附近遭到襲擊。

這座城市的一名阿拉伯婦女也因砸向頭部的岩石而受了重傷。據報導，她懷孕後在醫院裡生了一個健康的嬰兒。

在南部，北部的猶太阿拉伯城市阿克（Acre）和阿拉伯城鎮卡法·卡西姆（Kfar Qasim），也發生了事件，兩輛警察巡邏車被燒毀。

2021年5月12日，阿拉伯騷亂者燒毀汽車和焚毀猶太教堂後，以色列中部城市洛德的街道上出現了警察提供的禮物（Yossi Aloni / Flash90）

警方說，有五人在耶路撒冷被捕，他涉嫌襲擊大馬士革城門附近的一個猶太人。在事件的視頻中，看到幾個年輕人在一個超正統的男人身後奔跑，將他撞倒在地板上並踐踏他，然後逃跑。警方說，這名男子需要治療。

以色列警方發言人米奇·羅森菲爾德（Mickey Rosenfeld）週四對昨晚的暴力事件進行了評論，其中有400多人被捕，昨晚被捕的大多數人是阿拉伯以色列人，而不是猶太以色列人。

羅森菲爾德說：“我們逮捕了猶太人，但逮捕的人數卻少得多，因為大多數騷擾是由以色列阿拉伯人進行的。”

羅森菲爾德還聲稱，猶太暴民和阿拉伯暴民之間存在差異。

“有些猶太人團體和猶太人說過'如果有必要，我們將保護自己。' 羅森菲爾德說：“在很多情況下，他們將法律掌握在手中……但這與成千上萬試圖殺死盡可能多人的人大不相同。”

猶太人和阿拉伯人之間的暴力衝突是由於圍繞穆斯林一個月的齋月和在聖殿山發生衝突而在耶路撒冷發生的對抗中激增的，在以色列與加沙地帶的恐怖組織不斷升級的衝突中達到了頂峰。

幾週前慶祝齋月開齋飯的總統魯文·里夫林（Reuven Rivlin）週三譴責他所說的“嗜血的阿拉伯暴徒”所稱的“大屠殺”。猶太暴民加入戰局後，他後來呼籲各方“制止這種瘋狂”。

Numerous reports of shootings, other acts of violence in Jewish-Arab cities throughout country; Gantz extends emergency order in Lod, epicenter of recent unrest

By TOI STAFFToday, 11:48 pm 0

Israeli special forces gather in the mixed Jewish-Arab city of Lod on May 13, 2021. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Fresh violence erupted Thursday evening in several Jewish-Arab cities, a night after some of the worst internal unrest in years, and while intense fighting also continued between Israel and Palestinian terror groups in the Gaza Strip.

Two civilians and a policeman were reported to have been shot by Arab assailants in Lod and Ramle.

In Jaffa, a 19-year-old soldier was in serious condition after being beaten, and was suffering from a skull fracture and a cerebral hemorrhage, Ichilov Medical Center in Tel Aviv said, after he drove himself there.

In Lod, a central city with Jewish and Arab populations that has become an epicenter of the ethnic violence gripping the country, a Jewish paramedic was lightly wounded after being shot. Reports later said a second Jewish man was shot in the city, after an overnight curfew that began at 8 p.m. took effect for a second night in a row.

Arab rioters also torched a synagogue, the fifth in the city to be set alight in the recent violence, according to Channel 12 news.

Kan news posted video from the city of what it said were armed citizens accompanying officers to the site of clashes.

Along with the curfew, which ends at 3 a.m., police began barring non-residents of Lod from entering the city as of 5 p.m..

Amid the continued violence in the city, Defense Minister Benny Gantz extended the state of emergency there by 48 hours, a move his office said came at the request of police.

In nearby Ramle, a police officer was shot and wounded, according to Channel 12 news. There was no immediate word on his condition. He was reportedly being treated at the scene.

Meanwhile, footage from southern Tel Aviv showed journalists from Kan being attacked and beaten by several far-right rioters. Cameraman Roland Novitzky was beaten and had his camera taken away, before being taken to the hospital. Reporter Yoav Zehavi, who was with him, said they filed a police complaint.

Two suspects were arrested over the assault.

Far-right activists were also organizing on social media to attack Arabs in Jerusalem, according to the Haaretz daily.

In other acts of violence, a Jewish family was attacked by Arab rioters in Umm al-Fahm after entering the Arab city by accident, according to Hebrew media reports.

Police rescued the couple and three young children, with the help of local civilians. The family all sustained mild injuries.

Municipal officials issued a strong condemnation of the attack, with Mayor Samir Mahamid later calling the father and expressing “his shock and revulsion at the incident.”

In Haifa, eight Arabs were arrested on suspicion of throwing rocks at Jews.

A pro-peace protest against the violence was held in Jerusalem and a similar rally took place outside the city, near the town of Abu Ghosh.

Earlier, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Lod, where he said he would approve far-reaching measures to quell the violence seen across Israel, including deploying military forces.

His comments contradicted those of Defense Minister Benny Gantz, who has said he does not agree to using the military for policing operations.

Meeting with Border Police officers sent to the city, Netanyahu said: “We have no bigger threat now than these pogroms, and we have no choice but to restore law and order via determined use of force.”

Despite his call for Israel Defense Forces troops to be deployed, it is unlikely that Netanyahu has authority to approve such action independently.

Apparently siding with Gantz, Shabtai was quoted by Hebrew media following Netanyahu’s comments as telling associates that he objects to deploying the army.

Netanyahu also proposed the use of administrative detention of rioters, a controversial measure commonly deployed against Palestinians in the West Bank.

Administrative detention enables authorities to detain people for extended periods of time without leveling formal charges against them, in a practice decried by critics as undemocratic and abusive, but defended by the security establishment as a necessary measure in cases where revealing the evidence would harm national security.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meeting Border Police officers in the central Israeli city of Lod, May 13, 2021.(Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Gantz on Thursday ordered a major call-up of Border Police reservists to bolster officers working to contain the unrest, but specifically ruled out deploying troops at this time.

Later Thursday, Gantz, who also serves as justice minister, was reported to have agreed with Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit and other senior officials that top priority would be given to investigating the violence that is currently taking place across the country.

Despite two previous days of ever-expanding unrest, and a call-up of reinforcements for both police and Border Police, law enforcement once again Thursday seemed unequipped to handle the scope of the chaos, with many scenes of violence going ahead.

Violence continued Thursday morning with a Jewish man, 34, stabbed near a market in Lod, a city with Jewish and Arab populations that has become an epicenter of the ethnic violence gripping the country. The man, who was moderately injured, was on his way to prayers and was attacked near a mosque in the city, according to Hebrew media reports.

An Arab woman in the city was also seriously injured by a rock thrown at her head. She was pregnant and gave birth to a healthy baby at the hospital after the attack, according to reports.

Incidents were also reported in the south, the Jewish-Arab city of Acre in north and in the Arab town of Kfar Qasim, two police patrol cars were torched.

Police offers seen on the streets of the central Israeli city of Lod after Arab rioters torched cars and burned synagogues, on May 12, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Five people were arrested in Jerusalem on suspicion of attacking a Jewish man near the Damascus Gate to the Old City, police said. In a video of the incident, several youths were seen running up behind an ultra-Orthodox man, knocking him to the floor and trampling on him before running off. The man required medical treatment, police said.

Commenting Thursday on the previous night’s violence, in which more than 400 people were arrested, Israel Police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said most of those arrested last night were Arab Israelis, not Jewish Israelis.

“We arrested Jewish people, but many fewer, because the majority of disturbances were conducted by Israeli Arabs,” Rosenfeld said.

Rosenfeld also claimed there was a difference between the Jewish mobs and the Arab mobs.

“There have been certain Jewish groups and Jewish individuals who have said ‘if necessary, we will protect ourselves.’ There have been a number of instances in which they took the law into their own hands…but that is very different than those thousands who sought to kill as many people as possible,” Rosenfeld said.

Violence between the Jewish and Arab communities spiraled from confrontations in Jerusalem surrounding the month-long Muslim month of Ramadan and clashes on the Temple Mount, and came to a head as Israel engaged in an escalating clash with terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip.

President Reuven Rivlin, who celebrated a Ramadan iftar meal just weeks ago, on Wednesday condemned what he termed a “pogrom” by a “bloodthirsty Arab mob.” As Jewish mobs joined the fray, he later called on all sides to “stop this madness.”

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