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Added on the 10/05/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Israeli police destroyed the home of a Palestinian family and arrested at least 18 people as they carried out a controversial eviction order in the sensitive east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah early Wednesday.
Clashes have resumed in recent days after Israel threatened eviction of dozens of Palestinians in a contested neighbourhood of East Jerusalem.
Israeli police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades towards rock-hurling Palestinian youths at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday, the latest outbreak of violence at a site revered by Muslims and Jews,alike. France 24's Irris Makler tells us more.
A lawyer for the Salhiya family said the demolition carried out early Wednesday was "illegal" since the municipality had received the court's permission to vacate the property but not destroy it.
Palestinian worshippers gather at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem as clashes broke out with Israeli police near the compound with hundreds of people throwing projectiles at the Israeli security forces who fired stun grenades to disperse them, an AFP correspondent reported. IMAGES