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Far-right Israelis march to Jerusalem's Damascus Gate for the March of the Flags, which celebrates the anniversary of Israel's 1967 occupation of the city's eastern sector. Israel's new government faced an early test as Jewish ultranationalists prepared to march into annexed east Jerusalem, stoking tensions the UN has warned threaten a fragile Gaza ceasefire. Rallies by far-right Jewish groups in Arab neighbourhoods have raised tensions in recent months, prompting a police intervention in the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound that triggered the deadliest flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence since 2014. IMAGES
Palestinian man and Israeli police scuffle outside Damascus gate in Jerusalem, as Israeli security forces secure the entrance to the gate ahead of the "March of the flags", which celebrates the anniversary of Israel's 1967 occupation of the city's eastern sector. Rallies by far-right Jewish groups in Arab neighbourhoods have raised tensions in recent months, prompting a police intervention in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound last month that triggered the deadliest flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence since 2014. IMAGES
Far-right Israelis gather for the March of the Flags, which celebrates the anniversary of Israel's 1967 occupation of the city's eastern sector in Jerusalem. Israel's new government faced an early test as Jewish ultranationalists prepared to march into annexed east Jerusalem, stoking tensions the UN has warned threaten a fragile Gaza ceasefire. Rallies by far-right Jewish groups in Arab neighbourhoods have raised tensions in recent months, prompting a police intervention in the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound that triggered the deadliest flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence since 2014. IMAGES
The muezzin's call to prayer echos in Jerusalem, calling the Muslim worshippers to break the fast on the first day of Ramadan in Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. Palestinians enter the Al-Aqsa compound to pray after the first day of fasting. Tens of thousands of worshippers are drawn every Ramadan to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem—Islam's third holiest site and the most sacred for Jews. IMAGES
Muslims wait at an Israeli checkpoint near the Lions Gate to go to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for the Friday noon prayer in Jerusalem. IMAGES
Israeli security forces stand guard as a group of Jewish people tours Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque compound as the Jewish Passover coincides with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. IMAGES
Palestinians inspect the damage at the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem after overnight clashes erupted early in the morning inside the mosque as Israeli police said they had entered to dislodge "agitators", a move denounced as an "unprecedented crime" by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas. IMAGES
Israeli forces deploy around Jerusalem's Old City, blocking access to the Lion's Gate, as ambulances circulate, after clashes broke out between Palestinians and Israeli forces in the Al-Aqsa mosque. IMAGES
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