A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas-led Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip held on Saturday as Egyptian mediators pressed on.
In the face of continuing violence in the city, Defense Minister Benny Gantz extended the state of emergency by 48 hours, at the request of the police, according to his office.
In the nearby town of Ramle, a police officer was shot and wounded, according to
Channel 12 news. His state of health has not been communicated.
At the same time, footage from south Tel Aviv showed journalists from the
In addition, a Jewish family was attacked by Arab rioters in Umm al-Fahm after accidentally entering the Arab city.
Violence grips mixed Arab-Jewish towns in Israel as tensions flare Reuters 3 hrs ago
By Rami Ayyub
JAFFA, Israel, May 12 (Reuters) - Violence in mixed Jewish-Arab towns in Israel flared early on Wednesday amid growing anger within the country s Arab minority over Israeli air strikes on Gaza and police raids on Jerusalem s Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared a state of emergency in Lod, near Tel Aviv, after reports emerged on Tuesday of Arabs setting fire to a synagogue and Jews stoning a car that was being driven by an Arab resident. We have lost control of the city and the streets, Lod Mayor Yair Revivo lamented to Israel s Channel 12 News. Garbage bins, knocked over and set ablaze, could be seen nearby.
Mass violent protests take place in Haifa, Tiberias Lod and Acre, where a Jewish man was beaten with sticks and rocks; in Bat Yam, an Arab man was beaten with batons after Jewish ultranationalists staged a riot in the city, smashed window shops
LOD/ISRAEL: Jews cleared Torah scrolls from a torched synagogue on Wednesday and burnt-out cars lined nearby streets in an ethnically mixed Israeli town hit by violence denounced by the president as “unforgivable” acts by Arabs incensed at air strikes on Gaza.
Moving to head off further violence in Lod, which has also seen assaults by Jews on Arab passersby, police declared a night-time curfew and deployed heavily armed reinforcements.
In several other areas populated by Israel’s 21 percent Arab minority, Palestinian flags adorned electricity poles and hundreds of residents have turned out for protests, sometimes clashing with police or Jewish residents.
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LOD Israel’s president warned of a civil war between the country’s Arabs and Jews on Wednesday as fury and fear over shelling exchanges with Palestinian militants in Gaza ignited violence in Israel’s streets.
Appeals by religious and political leaders for calm, and police reinforcements and mass-arrests, appeared to do little to stem riots in several ethnically mixed towns. Israeli TV showed what it described as “near-lynchings” of Jewish and Arab motorists.
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