The latest clashes come after three tense weeks of deadly violence in Israel and the occupied West Bank.
Palestinian demonstrators clash with Israeli police at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound on April 15, 2022JERUSALEM - More than 100 people were wounded Friday in clashes between Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli police at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound, in fresh violence as Jewish and Christian festivals overlap with Ramadan.
The latest clashes come after three tense weeks of deadly violence in Israel and the occupied West Bank, and as the Jewish festival of Passover and Christian Easter overlap with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. An AFP photographer said more than 100 Palestinians were seen hurling projectiles towards the Israeli security forces.Last year during the Muslim month of fasting, clashes that flared in Jerusalem, including between Israeli forces and Palestinians visiting Al-Aqsa, led to 11 days of devastating conflict between Israel and the Gaza Strip's Islamist rulers Hamas.
Before Ramadan began this month, Israel and Jordan stepped up talks in an effort to avoid a repeat of last year's violence.Spiralling violence Twenty-one Palestinians have been killed in that time, including assailants who targeted Israelis, according to an AFP tally.
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