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| Palestinians gather to perform the last Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the old city of Jerusalem on June 8, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / HAZEM BADER) |
June 8, 2018
200,000
Muslims visited the Temple Mount/Al-Aqsa in Jerusalem on the last Friday of
prayer for Ramadan. This was in sharp
contrast to the Gaza boarder where four Gazan protestors were killed by Israeli
soldiers and hundreds of others were wounded.
Israel claims the protestors threw grenades, explosives, and rocks at
soldiers. They also burned tires, flew
incendiary kites and balloons into Israeli land, which started a number of
fires. A video
appeared on Twitter claiming to show one of the fires. Israeli troops used tear gas in order to
disperse the demonstrators, but also confirmed they used live fire according to
rules of engagement. It was also reported
that for the first time an Israeli military drone fired a warning shot at
Gazans who were preparing to send flammable balloons into Israel.
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