APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Jerusalem - 10 May 2021. Clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli forces in al-Aqsa mosque, s a planned march marking Israel's 1967 takeover of the holy city threatened to further inflame tensions.
01.SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nawal Douek
STORYLINE
Palestinian protesters threw rocks and Israeli police fired stun grenades and rubber bullets in clashes outside the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem on Monday as Israel marked the anniversary of its capture of parts of the city in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said more than 180 Palestinians were injured in the violence, of whom more than 80, including one person in critical condition, were transferred to hospitals.
Tensions were particularly high as Israel was marked "Jerusalem Day", its annual celebration of the capture of East Jerusalem and the walled Old City that is home to Muslim, Jewish and Christian holy places.
In an effort to ease the situation, Israeli police said they had banned Jewish groups from paying Jerusalem Day visits to the holy plaza that houses al-Aqsa, and which Jews revere as the site of biblical Jewish temples.
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