The rising tensions along Israel’s front with Gaza came as fighting in the occupied West Bank surged — to levels unseen in two decades.
. The protests have turned violent, with demonstrators hurling explosives toward Israeli troops, and soldiers responding with tear gas and live fire.
, the Islamic militant group ruling Gaza since 2007, says youths have organized the protests in response to Israeli provocations.thousands of Palestinian laborersPalestinian protesters gather in front of army post and the fence during clashes with Israeli security forces on Friday.imposed on the territory since 2007. The balloons have caused fires and scorched Israeli farmland, prompting Israel on several occasions to use fighter jets to strike at Hamas.
Palestinian protesters at the border fence on Friday said they were demonstrating against recent Jewish visits to a disputed holy site in the Old City of Jerusalem. Jews revere the hilltop compound as the Temple Mount, home to the biblical Jewish Temples. Today, it is home to theUnder longstanding arrangements, Jews are allowed to visit the site, but not to pray there.
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