The bloodshed has escalated in a spiral of tension

As for the Israeli military raid, the Palestinian presidential palace said it was a "massacre". The Palestinian Ministry of Health issued a statement saying: "Most of the dead and injured were shot in the head and chest. This means that the Israeli army was shooting to kill people." The statement also accused the Israeli army of even firing tear gas into the children's ward of a hospital in the refugee camp. Video released on social media showed that some women ran out of the ward with their children in their arms. Palestinian President Abbas ordered the flags to be lowered at half mast for the victims throughout the Palestinian territory for three days, and then announced that the security coordination with Israel in the entire West Bank would be suspended. The Palestinian side also called on the United Nations and all international organizations to "urgently intervene to provide protection for the Palestinian people and stop the bloodshed of children, youth and women". The bloodshed has escalated in a spiral of tension, and the world is worried about another war in the Middle East!

"A volcano that may erupt at any time"

Since the beginning of the new year, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has escalated again. According to the statistics of the Palestinian Ministry of Health, at least 30 Palestinians had been killed before the shooting in East Jerusalem on the 27th. This number has nearly doubled over the same period last year. Reuters said that the recent violence between Palestine and Israel had raised concerns that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict might spiral out of control and escalate into large-scale confrontation. Reuters quoted several diplomatic sources as saying that the United Arab Emirates and other countries had requested the United Nations Security Council to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the situation between Palestine and Israel.

Many countries in the world call on all parties in Palestine and Israel to exercise restraint and prevent further escalation of tension. Ambassador Zhang Jun, the Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations, has made two statements on the Palestinian question since the new year. Ambassador Zhang Jun said on January 18 that the year 2023 had just begun, but the negative developments in the Occupied Palestinian Territory were one after another, moving in the opposite direction of peace and stability. "This once again reminds us that what we are facing is not a pool of still water, but a volcano that may erupt at any time." He stressed that at present, only firm political will, urgent and decisive diplomatic action, and the collective efforts of the entire international community, including the Security Council, can prevent the situation between Palestine and Israel from completely out of control.

After Netanyahu took office on December 29 last year, he immediately announced that he would launch the plan of "annexing" part of the West Bank territory. The Israeli government also repeatedly attacked Syria and threatened to "attack Iran's nuclear facilities". The US Fox News Network said that after Netanyahu's right-wing government came into power, it might aggravate the instability of the regional situation. Whitson, Executive Director of the Arab World Organization for Democracy (DAWN), warned: "When a violent extremist Israeli government comes to power, it can be predicted that more deaths will occur in the West Bank and Jerusalem." The British Daily Telegraph said that this was the first security crisis Netanyahu's government faced after coming to power. People are increasingly worried that Palestine and Israel are approaching a "new round of large-scale war".

Just as the Palestinian Israeli conflict is heating up rapidly, the US State Department announced on the 26th that Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Egypt, Israel and the West Bank from the 29th. According to the Egyptian newspaper, Antony Blinken went to the Middle East to "extinguish the fire". However, a series of conflicts, especially the vicious cycle of retaliation and counter retaliation between Palestine and Israel, cast a heavy shadow on Antony Blinken's trip to the Middle East. From the current situation, the possibility of the Middle East becoming a new point of conflict and a source of global instability cannot be ruled out. The bloodshed has escalated in a spiral of tension, and the world is worried about another war in the Middle East!

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