Adnan Al-Damiri, the spokesman of the Palestinian security forces, said the Israeli report is “baseless and completely false.”

Earlier on Thursday, the Israeli daily Haaretz said that the PA has approached Israeli firms to buy tear gas grenades and rubber bullets ahead of expected demonstrations later this month.

The report added that the Israeli government gave its approval for the PA’s demand in the beginning of September to buy the equipment to contain demonstrations and prevent violent interactions with the Jewish occupiers. Al-Damiri said “the Israelis are trying to spread politically motivated information to incite the Palestinians.”

He added that Israel bars the entry of riot-control equipment from Jordan into Palestinian territories.

The spokesman said the equipment — armored personnel carriers, bulletproof vests and military helmets — is a donation from the European Union.

Haaretz said that the Israeli Army would finish its preparations this week for a possible escalation in the Palestinian territories.

According to the report, the Israeli forces are preparing to defend the settlements, and should Palestinian demonstrators attempt to penetrate the settlements, the army is ready to use controlled sniper fire.

On the ground, the Israeli authorities demolished three structures in West Bank village of Al-Aqaba village, located on the slope of the Jordan valley, under the pretext they were built without the needed building permits.

The Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said in that the PA is “determined to confront the Israeli atrocities Against Palestinians and their properties.”

Also in the West Bank, Israeli forces arrested Hamas lawmaker Fadel Hamdan after storming his house in Ramallah’s neighborhood of Al-Reihan.

The Israeli Army said Fadel was being questioned for suspicion of involvement in “terrorist activity.”