Clashes break out in Jerusalem after Friday prayers
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Violence resumed in Jerusalem on Friday (November 7) after prayers when stone-throwing Palestinians clashed with Israeli border police in east Jerusalem.
In the Shoafat district, police fired tear gas to disperse protesters hurling firecrackers and burning tires that sent up huge clouds of black smoke.
In overnight confrontations a police watch tower was hit by molotov cocktails in Shoafat, a video posted on social media showed.
No casualties were reported in Jerusalem but Palestinians said that at least seven people were injured in West Bank confrontations.
Jerusalem has seen a wave of unrest over the past four months, since before the July-August Gaza war. Violence has spiked in the past two weeks, with Palestinian drivers ramming into Israeli pedestrians, killing four people.
A focus of Palestinian and regional anger has been a dispute over Jerusalem's holiest site, known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to J
Violence resumed in Jerusalem on Friday (November 7) after prayers when stone-throwing Palestinians clashed with Israeli border police in east Jerusalem.
In the Shoafat district, police fired tear gas to disperse protesters hurling firecrackers and burning tires that sent up huge clouds of black smoke.
In overnight confrontations a police watch tower was hit by molotov cocktails in Shoafat, a video posted on social media showed.
No casualties were reported in Jerusalem but Palestinians said that at least seven people were injured in West Bank confrontations.
Jerusalem has seen a wave of unrest over the past four months, since before the July-August Gaza war. Violence has spiked in the past two weeks, with Palestinian drivers ramming into Israeli pedestrians, killing four people.
A focus of Palestinian and regional anger has been a dispute over Jerusalem's holiest site, known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to J