Israeli policemen detaining a Palestinian youth during clashes in the Shuafat refugee camp near Jerusalem yesterday. Israel deployed hundreds of extra police in Jerusalem where clashes broke out after Palestinian leaders called for a “day of rage” to protest at Israeli violations against Al Aqsa mosque. Palestinians also protested in a number of cities in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, including Ramallah, Hebron and Nablus, where a young man was shot by Israeli forces. Around 800 extra police were posted in the heart of Jerusalem and adjacent Arab neighbourhoods, where tensions have been high for the past week, following clashes at Al Aqsa mosque. Senior Hamas official Ismail Radwan has warned the Israeli occupation of the consequences of its violations against Al Aqsa mosque, saying that the Palestinian resistance is ready to sacrifice souls and bloods for the holy Muslim site. Radwan was speaking at a joint march for resistance groups in Gaza in support for Al Aqsa mosque and said the resistance “will not remain silent for long about the zionist aggression against Al Aqsa”.
