Bloodshed incidents have occurred one after another, tensions have escalated, and the world is worried about the resumption of war in the Middle East.

　　[Global Times correspondent in Egypt Huang Peizhao Tao short room Liu Yupeng Chen Kang] "The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is heating up dramatically." On January 28th, local time, there was another shooting incident in East Jerusalem occupied by Israel. A Palestinian gunman shot and wounded two Israelis. According to reports, the gunman is only 13 years old. This is the second attack on Israel in 24 hours. The day before, another Palestinian gunman opened fire outside a local synagogue, killing at least seven Israelis and injuring many others. This is one of the deadliest attacks on Israel in more than a decade. On the 26th, the Israeli army launched the largest raid on the Palestinian refugee camp in the West Bank city of Jenin in 20 years, killing at least nine Palestinians. Since the Israeli Netanyahu government came to power for a month, the situation in Palestine and Israel has heated up sharply, which has worried the whole world whether the Palestinian-Israeli conflict will lead to more serious turmoil and chaos in the Middle East and even in the world when the Russian-Ukrainian conflict has not subsided. Qatar Al Jazeera said on the 28th that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has once again fallen into a vicious cycle of violence, and the drama of revenge and counter-retaliation has been constantly moving forward, which makes people worried about the development of the situation. In view of the complexity and particularity of the Palestinian issue as the nerve center of the Middle East, the world is worried that the Middle East may evolve into a new conflict flashpoint.

　　Two shootings in 24 hours.

　　According to Agence France-Presse, Israeli police said on the 28th that there was another shooting incident in East Jerusalem that morning, which injured two Israelis. Israeli police said that the gunman was later subdued by military police and was injured in the crossfire. The police confirmed that the gunman was a 13-year-old Palestinian boy.

　　This is the second serious attack on local Israelis in 24 hours. At about 8: 18 pm on the 27th, a shooting incident occurred in a synagogue in East Jerusalem. A 21-year-old Palestinian man drove outside the synagogue and suddenly opened fire. According to reports, five victims died on the spot, and five others were taken to the hospital, two of whom were later declared dead. The local police said that when the incident occurred, the gunman was "sitting in the car, and he shot at anyone on the road at close range, killing people all the way". Then the gunman fled the scene by car and was killed after exchanging fire with the police.

　　According to the Israel Times, the head of the local police, Shabatai, said that the attack was "one of the most serious terrorist attacks that Israel has encountered in recent years". Israel’s i24NEWS TV said that the perpetrator of the shooting incident was a 21-year-old resident of East Jerusalem. The police posted on social media that preliminary investigations showed that he carried out the terrorist attack alone. Agence France-Presse also said that there was no indication that the gunman had participated in radical activities before or was a member of an established Palestinian armed group. However, after the shooting, 42 people were arrested by the military police for interrogation, including the gunman’s parents, relatives and some neighbors and friends. The police said that "the connection between each arrested suspect and the terrorists who carried out the attack and their knowledge or participation will be thoroughly investigated".

　　On the evening of the 27th, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived at the scene. He said: "We have decided to take several emergency measures, which will be implemented from tonight." But he did not specify the specific measures. Netanyahu will hold an emergency cabinet meeting on the 28th, and he has recalled the defense minister who is visiting the United States to discuss further retaliation.

　　According to Al Jazeera, the Palestinian "Islamic Resistance Movement" (Hamas) claimed that this action was "a response to the crimes committed by the occupier in Jenin". In Ramallah, the largest city in the Gaza Strip, news of the shooting incident triggered a street rally, and the street rang with gunshots celebrated by Palestinians. At the same time, many Israelis also held a rally outside the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem where the injured were treated. They shouted "Death to terrorists!"

　　Western "selective" attitude

　　Regarding the shooting incident in East Jerusalem, dugarry, spokesman of the UN Secretary-General, said on 27th that UN Secretary-General Guterres condemned the "terrorist attacks" and expressed concern about the "current escalation of violence in the occupied Israeli and Palestinian territories", and urged all parties to "exercise maximum restraint".

　　The United States, Britain, the European Union and France all condemned the shooting incident. US President Biden condemned the shooting as a "terrible terrorist attack" when talking to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "The president made it clear that this is an attack on the civilized world," the White House said in a statement, and Biden also stressed "the firm commitment of the United States to Israel’s security." On the same day, the State Council condemned the "obvious terrorist attack" in the strongest terms. Wigan, the British ambassador to Israel, posted on social media on the 27th, saying: "I am shocked by the terrorist attack that happened tonight … … This is a particularly terrible terrorist act. Britain stands with Israel. " Dimit, the EU ambassador to Israel, also condemned this "senseless violence", saying that "terror is never the answer". The French Embassy in Israel tweeted that the incident "happened in international holocaust remembrance day, which is even more despicable".

　　However, most of the ambassadors or embassies of these western countries did not mention that at least nine Palestinians were killed in the Israeli military raid on the Palestinian city of Jenin before these two shootings. Agence France-Presse said that East Jerusalem has been occupied and annexed by Israel since 1967. In recent days, with the intensification of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Palestinians have become increasingly angry at Israel’s repression. According to reports, just the day before the first shooting incident, Israeli troops suddenly attacked the Palestinian refugee camp in the West Bank city of Jenin on the 26th, killing at least nine Palestinians and injuring many others. This is the largest number of Israeli troops killed in the West Bank in the past 20 years, which triggered a strong reaction from the Palestinian people.

　　Regarding the Israeli army’s raid, the Palestinian presidential palace called it a "massacre". The Palestinian Ministry of Health issued a statement saying: "Most of the casualties were shot in the head and chest. This means that the purpose of shooting by the Israeli army is 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 posted on social media shows that some women ran out of the ward with their children in their arms. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ordered flags to be flown at half-mast for three days in mourning for the victims, and then announced that he would suspend security coordination with Israel throughout the West Bank. The Palestinian side also called on the United Nations and all international organizations to "intervene urgently to provide protection for the Palestinian people and stop the bloodshed of children, youth and women".

　　"A volcano that may erupt at any time"

　　Since the beginning of the new year, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has escalated again. According to statistics from the Palestinian Ministry of Health, at least 30 Palestinians were killed before the shooting incident in East Jerusalem on the 27th. This figure has nearly doubled compared with the same period last year. Reuters said that the recent violence between Palestine and Israel caused concern that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict might get out of control and escalate into a large-scale confrontation. Reuters quoted several diplomatic sources as saying that the United Arab Emirates and other countries have asked the UN Security Council to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the situation between Palestine and Israel.

　　Many countries in the world have called on all parties in Palestine and Israel to exercise restraint and prevent further escalation of tensions. Ambassador Zhang Jun, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations, has made two speeches on the Palestinian issue since the new year. Ambassador Zhang Jun said on January 18th that the year 2023 has just begun, but the negative events in the occupied Palestinian territory are developing in the opposite direction of peace and stability. "This once again warns us that we are not facing 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 actions and the collective efforts of the entire international community, including the Security Council, can prevent the Palestinian-Israeli situation from getting completely out of control.

　　After Netanyahu came to power on December 29th last year, he immediately announced that he would start the plan of "annexing" some territories in the West Bank. The Israeli government also repeatedly attacked Syria and threatened to "attack Iran’s nuclear facilities". Fox News said that after Netanyahu’s right-wing government came to power, it may aggravate the turmoil in the regional situation. Whitson, executive director of the Arab World Democratic Organization (DAWN), warned: "When an Israeli government that promotes violent extremism comes to power, it is foreseeable that there will be more deaths in the West Bank and Jerusalem." The British "Daily Telegraph" said that this was the first security crisis faced by the Netanyahu government after it took office. People are increasingly worried that Palestine and Israel are approaching a "new round of large-scale war."

　　As the Palestinian-Israeli conflict heats up rapidly, the State Council announced on 26th that Secretary of State Blinken will visit Egypt, Israel and the West Bank from 29th. According to the Egyptian newspaper Izvestia, Blinken went to the Middle East to "put out the fire". However, a series of conflicts, especially the vicious cycle of revenge and counter-retaliation between Palestine and Israel, cast a heavy shadow on Blinken’s trip to the Middle East. Judging from the current situation, the possibility that the Middle East will become a new flashpoint of conflict and a source of global instability cannot be ruled out.