Israel reimposes ban on men under 50 from Aqsa Friday prayer

Enraged Palestinian bystanders clashed with Israeli occupation forces near Lion’s Gate at Al Haram Al Sharif.

Hundreds of Palestinians clashed with security forces, throwing stones and firebombs at them.

He said he is deeply concerned about the increasing number of attacks by both settlers and Palestinians.

Earlier an Israeli man injured 2 Bedouin Arabs and 2 Palestinians in Dimona in the south of the country. He said whoever deploys violence will be brought to justice.

Gaza-based Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh applauded the recent Palestinian stabbing attacks across Israel at a speech in Gaza Friday morning and called the surge in violence an “Intifada” or uprising.

In Tel Aviv, a female Israeli soldier was stabbed with a screwdriver, allegedly by a Palestinian. “They led us to a 16-year-old boy, who was fully conscious”, said Zohar Maman, one of the first paramedics to arrived at the scene. He said the attacker was an Arab without providing more details.

Meanwhile, the mayor of Jerusalem on Thursday stoked a controversy by asking Israeli residents of the holy city to carry their weapons to foil any possible terrorist attacks from Palestinians.

The Israeli military said about 200 Palestinians in Gaza advanced toward soldiers on the border and threw rocks and rolled burning tires at troops stationed there.

A Palestinian teenager stabbed an Israeli youth in the capital around noon, police said. Furthermore, two other Israelis were stabbed to death in east Jerusalem.

Four Israelis have been killed in attacks in Jerusalem and the West Bank over the past week.

Shortly afterwards, an attacker was shot dead after stabbing an Israeli policeman near Hebron.

The clashes took place as police made their way to the home of Zubahi Ibrahim Mahmoud Abu Khalifa, who stabbed and seriously wounded a yeshivah student in Jerusalem earlier in the day.

Two Israelis were assaulted within about an hour of each other Thursday, authorities said.

The Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance service said 288 Palestinians were injured, including 10 by live fire.

The violence has erupted because Palestinians fear visits by Jewish groups, including lawmakers, to the Jerusalem plaza revered in Judaism as the site of two destroyed biblical temples, are eroding Muslim religious control of al-Aqsa mosque, Islam’s third holiest shrine. The West Bank assailant in that case was captured by civilians.

During their phone conversation Sunday, Abbas urged the United Nations chief to swiftly respond to the Palestinian request of global protection before “matters get out of control”.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has barred ministers and lawmakers from visiting the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in an effort to reduce tensions.

It included dozens of attacks, including the slaying last week of an Israeli couple, Na’ama and Eitam Henkin, near the West Bank settlement of Itamar. They identified the attacker as an Arab man without providing details. The victims received light to moderate injuries. With the attacks spilling into the Israeli heartland, Netanyahu has warned Israelis to be on guard.

The unrest began about three weeks ago at a sensitive holy site in Jerusalem.