UAE warns Israel over West Bank annex as protests rage in Jerusalem
發佈日期: 2025-09-04 21:22
TVB News
The United Arab Emirates has warned that any Israeli move to annex the occupied West Bank would be a "red line," without specifying its possible impact on the normalisation accord between the two countries.
The warning came as Israel pressed ahead with the initial stages of its latest major offensive, in famine-stricken Gaza City, with at least 31 people killed across the strip.
Meanwhile, protesters in Israel are targeting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
A light rail track in Jerusalem blocked by Israeli protesters. The usual weekend rallies calling for hostages to be released are spilling on to the weekdays.
It was part of nationwide protests against the call-up of 60,000 reservists for the military's expanded operation in Gaza City in the north of the Gaza Strip.
Police used water cannons on dozens of protesters and dragged some away.
Outside the Jerusalem residence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, relatives of hostages and their supporters demand the return of their loved ones.
Only you can decide to bring them back tomorrow, it's in your hands, shouted Anat Angrest, the mother of hostage Matan Angrest.
They say Netanyahu can finalise a ceasefire and hostage release that Palestinian group Hamas had already agreed to. Instead they accuse him of prolonging the war to protect his own political career amid corruption charges.
Despite posters calling him and his advisors the "death cabinet", Netanyahu seemingly has little sympathy for the protesters.
They threaten every day to murder me, the prime minister, and my family, and they also engage in arson, he said. They said they would surround my house, the prime minister's house, with a ring of fire.
This a day after he praised the reservists who are going into Gaza, despite criticism from many countries and agencies who say the operation will make worse the situation for 2 million people already suffering from famine and displacement.
Meanwhile, in a massive camp for the displaced in Gaza City, Palestinians do not know whether they should go or stay.
They exploded a drone in the area we are in that shook the entire place, said Osama Dawwas. They told us to go south, but we can't afford it. Our financial situation is difficult.
Those who choose to trek south face more tents and even more cramped conditions.
My daughter, my husband, and I are elderly and sick. We have a tent only two metres wide, said Iman al-Naqa of the Muwasi camp in Khan Younis. It's overcrowded. The tents are close together. This causes disease. As you can see, diseases are widespread.
