Clashes Erupt as New Day of Rage' Hits Israel

Source: The Forward

Maayan Lubell October 23, 2015

Clashes between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers broke out in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip on Friday during “Day of Rage” protests while diplomats tried to end more than three weeks of bloodshed.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he was cautiously optimistic there was a way to defuse tensions after holding four hours of talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Berlin on Thursday.

Israeli authorities also lifted restrictions on Friday that had banned men aged under 40 from using the flashpoint al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City - a move seen as a bid to ease Muslim anger.

Police said Friday prayers there ended quietly. But in the West Bank and Gaza, Palestinian medical officials said 24 people were wounded by live fire, including a 13-year-old critically injured near Ramallah and three photographers wounded near the Gaza border.




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