PHOTO: Israel Border Police in East Jerusalem on Wednesday (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

UPDATE 1200 GMT: Israel’s security forces have surrounded the home of Moataz Hijazi, a suspect in the shooting of right-wing Israeli activist Rabbi Yehuda Glick on October 29. Unconfirmed reports suggest that the house, which lies in East Jerusalem’s Abu Tor neighborhood, is either being searched or prepared for demolition.

A coalition of Palestinian groups have called for mass protests on November 14 under the banner of “On to Jerusalem”. Meanwhile, in Ramallah, a protest has been organized at the Qalandia checkpoint, and an additional protest has been coordinated outside Hebron’s Wasayat al-Rasul Mosque after noon prayers.

Police are investigating a possible hit-and-run attack near Halamish in the northern West Bank. According to local witnesses, a van drove off the road near a group of Israeli teenagers and then proceeded to drive towards the Palestinian village of Bir Zayt.

Additional incidents of unrest were reported in the Askar Refugee Camp near Nablus after masked Palestinians threw stones and firecrackers at Israeli soldiers deployed near the camp’s entrance. The protest was dispersed with tear gas and rubber bullets.

The alleged perpetrator of Monday’s fatal stabbing of an Israeli soldier in Tel Aviv hailed from the refugee camp. Reports indicate that residents are angry at plans to demolish the perpetrator’s house.

Israel’s military claims that it thwarted two stabbing attacks overnight, following assaults this week that killed a soldier and a woman and injured two other people.

The Israel Defense Forces said Palestinians in Hebron and Dolev were caught with shiv-like knives at checkpoints in the West Bank. They said that, in the Dolev incident, a 17-year-old Palestinian from Ramallah admitted that he was planning to stab a bus driver while en route to Jerusalem, hoping to overturn the bus and cause more casualties.

In East Jerusalem, unrest was reported on Thursday morning in the predominantly-Arab Issawiya neighborhood, while a taxi with American tourists was hit by stone throwers on the Mount of Olives.

Last night, masked Palestinians reportedly threw Molotov cocktails at Israeli security forces in the Old City of Jerusalem and the city’s old train station.

No injuries have been reported so far. At least two Palestinians have been arrested.

Meanwhile, Israeli prison authorities have transferred all Palestinians serving life sentences for “terorrism” to solitary confinement.

The authorities claimed that several, including leading Palestinian political activist Marwan Barghouti, attempted to issue statements urging more violence.

More demonstrations are anticipated after the Israeli Government granted initial approval to a private contractor to build 200 housing units in Ramot, a hillside complex at the northern edge of Jerusalem in land captured in the Six-Day War of 1967.

Jerusalem municipality spokeswoman Brachie Sprung said several more stages must be cleared before construction could begin; however, the Palestinian Authority swiftly condemned the action. Senior PA official Nabil Abu Rdeineh explained:

It looks like during every visit by [US Secretary of State John] Kerry to the region, [Israel] threatens to build new settler homes. This is a continuous escalation and contributes to a negative atmosphere.

Kerry was in the Jordanian capital Amman on Wednesday for talks with King Abdullah and Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas.