Escalating Israeli-Palestinian tensions over a highly sensitive holy site have turned into violence that killed six people: three Palestinians in street clashes in Jerusalem and three Israelis in a stabbing attack at a West Bank settlement.
A Palestinian entered a home in the Israeli settlement of Halamish in the West Bank after nightfall and stabbed three Israelis to death, the head of Israel’s rescue service said.
Earlier, three Palestinians were killed in Jerusalem amid escalating protests in the city and across Palestinian territories against new Israeli security measures at the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif complex.
Two died in separate incidents in Palestinian neighbourhoods in East Jerusalem after tense Friday prayers, during which thousands of Palestinians worshipped in the streets around the Old City after refusing to enter the compound – known to Muslims as the Haram al-Sharif, which houses the al-Aqsa mosque. A third died later in Ramallah.
The compound is considered the third holiest site in Islam and the most sacred for Jews, who call it Temple Mount.
Source: Six dead as Israeli-Palestinian tensions boil over | World news | The Guardian
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