Israel deployed extra troops in the occupied West Bank after violence despite talks in the Jordanian port of Aqaba that were supposed to lower tensions
“The crimes conducted by the occupation and the herds of settlers will not be met but with stabbing, shooting and car ramming,” Qanoua said in a statement."We expect difficult days ahead of us," Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant told reporters as he toured the largely empty streets of the village of Hawara, site of Sunday's violence, under a heavy security detail.
Four extra army battalions and two border police companies were posted to the West Bank since Sunday as reinforcements, the Israeli military said.
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