Palestinians clash with Israeli forces on �day of rage�

AFP, JERUSALEM: Palestinians clashed Friday with Israeli security forces in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank after the Islamist movement Hamas called for a “day of rage” over tensions at the Al-Aqsa mosque site.
In Jerusalem, three police were injured as a firebomb struck their van in the Jabal Mukaber district and eight Palestinians were arrested, including at least three youths, police said.
Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets as protesters pelted them with stones in city neighbourhoods around the Mount of Olives, including in Shuafat refugee camp.
But the situation was calm in the Old City and at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound.
Officials said about 3,000 police had deployed after three days of violence this week at the sensitive site during the Jewish new year.
A rocket fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza, which is controlled by Hamas, struck a parked bus in the southern Israeli town of Sderot without causing casualties, police said. Another rocket was intercepted by Israel’s “Iron Dome” defence system.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the rockets, which triggered a series of Israeli air raids on Gaza.
In the West Bank, an AFP correspondent reported that skirmishes were more intense than normal for a Friday, which has become a day of protests following weekly Muslim prayers.
At Kafr Kaddum near Nablus, Israeli fire wounded three Palestinians in their arms and legs, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent.

 

Palestinians clash with Israeli forces on �day of rage�

AFP, JERUSALEM: Palestinians clashed Friday with Israeli security forces in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank after the Islamist movement Hamas called for a day of rage over tensions at the Al-Aqsa mosque site. In Jerusalem, three police were injured as a firebomb struck their van in the Jabal Mukaber district and eight Palestinians were arrested, including at least three youths, police said. Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets as protesters pelted them with stones in city neighbourhoods around the Mount of Olives, including in Shuafat refugee camp. But the situation was calm in the Old City and at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound. Officials said about 3,000 police had deployed after three days of violence this week at the sensitive site during the Jewish new year. A rocket fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza, which is controlled by Hamas, struck a parked bus in the southern Israeli town of Sderot without causing casualties, police said. Another rocket was intercepted by Israels Iron Dome defence system. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the rockets, which triggered a series of Israeli air raids on Gaza. In the West Bank, an AFP correspondent reported that skirmishes were more intense than normal for a Friday, which has become a day of protests following weekly Muslim prayers. At Kafr Kaddum near Nablus, Israeli fire wounded three Palestinians in their arms and legs, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent.