٠٠:٠٢:٥٤At least 170 Palestinian worshippers were injured in clashes with Israeli police at the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem on Friday.
Police fired rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades at worshipers, who set off fireworks and threw projectiles at the police. According to reports 178 Palestinians and six police officers were injured.
Tensions rose when police were deployed to the mosque as worshippers attended prayers on the final Friday of Ramadan, and many stayed to protest against the evictions of Palestinian families from the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood.
The Israeli district court ruled that several Palestinian families were to be evicted from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood, on the basis that Jews had owned the land on which they had been built prior to 1948. The veracity of the documents used to demonstrate these claims is contested by lawyers representing Palestinian residents.
East Jerusalem: Over 170 injured in clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police at al-Aqsa mosque
At least 170 Palestinian worshippers were injured in clashes with Israeli police at the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem on Friday.
Police fired rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades at worshipers, who set off fireworks and threw projectiles at the police. According to reports 178 Palestinians and six police officers were injured.
Tensions rose when police were deployed to the mosque as worshippers attended prayers on the final Friday of Ramadan, and many stayed to protest against the evictions of Palestinian families from the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood.
The Israeli district court ruled that several Palestinian families were to be evicted from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood, on the basis that Jews had owned the land on which they had been built prior to 1948. The veracity of the documents used to demonstrate these claims is contested by lawyers representing Palestinian residents.
At least 170 Palestinian worshippers were injured in clashes with Israeli police at the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem on Friday.
Police fired rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades at worshipers, who set off fireworks and threw projectiles at the police. According to reports 178 Palestinians and six police officers were injured.
Tensions rose when police were deployed to the mosque as worshippers attended prayers on the final Friday of Ramadan, and many stayed to protest against the evictions of Palestinian families from the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood.
The Israeli district court ruled that several Palestinian families were to be evicted from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood, on the basis that Jews had owned the land on which they had been built prior to 1948. The veracity of the documents used to demonstrate these claims is contested by lawyers representing Palestinian residents.