Israel fears Sheikh Jarrah clashes could spiral into fighting with Gaza again

Senior official says tensions are similar to situation before last year’s conflict with Hamas; media reports of Israeli assassination of three Palestinian militants in Nablus

Will Sheikh Jarrah trigger another Israeli-Palestinian war? (Jerusalem Post)
ANALYSIS: There are several parties in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that are interested in escalating tensions with Israel, each for its own reasons

Authorities forced to confront deep-rooted Sheikh Jarrah conflict (Ynet)
With unrest becoming increasingly frequent and violent, Israeli authorities are forced to come face-to-face with the East Jerusalem neighborhood's six decades of complexity

Israel fears Sheikh Jarrah clashes could spiral into fighting with Gaza again (Times of Israel)
Senior official traveling in prime minister’s delegation to Bahrain says tensions in Jerusalem neighbourhood similar to situation ahead of last year’s 11-day war with Hamas

Police use stun grenades to disperse Palestinian protesters in Sheikh Jarrah (Haaretz)
Likud supporters rally in Sheikh Jarrah with Israeli flags, as Kahanist lawmaker Itamar Ben-Gvir returns to a makeshift office he set up in the flash point neighbourhood

Triple West Bank assassination recalls darkest days of the Intifada (972)
A joint report with The Intercept and Local Call investigates how Israeli forces carried out what appears to be their first assassination in the West Bank in 15 years, after they killed three Palestinian militants in Nablus

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Man killed by Israeli fire near Ramallah, Palestinian Health Ministry says (Haaretz)
Nihad Amin al-Barghouti was shot in the village of Nabi Saleh, according to a local activist, after an Israeli force entered the village northwest of Ramallah