Jerusalem: Many injured on second nights clashes
Fresh clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police broke out in Jerusalem on Saturday, injuring dozens. Protesters hurled stones at the authorities at Damascus Gate in the Old City, and officers responded with stun grenades, rubber bullets and water cannon.
Palestinian medics said 90 Palestinians were wounded. Israeli police said at least one officer was hurt. It follows days of simmering unrest over possible evictions of Palestinians from land claimed by Jewish settlers. On Friday, a lot more than 200 Palestinians and at least 17 Israeli police were wounded in skirmishes near Al-Aqsa mosque, emergency personnel and police said. Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque complex is among Islam's most revered sites, but its location is also the holiest site in Judaism, known as the Temple Mount. The complex is a frequent flashpoint for violence, but Friday's was among the worst in years.
The Quartet of Middle East negotiators - the US, the EU, Russia and the UN - on Saturday expressed "deep concern" over the spiraling violence.
In another development on Saturday, Israel's military said a rocket was fired by Palestinian militants from the Hamas-run Gaza Strip into Israel.
The IDF did not provide any longer details, but Israeli media reported that the rocket landed within an open field creating no injuries or damage. Saturday's clashes broke out at Damascus Gate after thousands of worshippers had prayed at Al-Aqsa mosque for Laylat al-Qadr, the most holy night in the Muslim month of Ramadan.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said at least 90 Palestinians were hurt, and 14 were taken up to hospital.
