- More than 200 Palestinian protesters and 17 policemen were injured in violent clashes near the Al-Aqsa Mosque during the night.
- The situation in East Jerusalem has escalated in recent weeks, partly due to dissatisfaction with future evictions of Palestinian families in the Sheikh Jarrah district.
- Many fear further escalation, but the Islamist group Hamas is said to have rejected an Israeli proposal to cool down and instead threatened further escalation.
Source: ICELAND NEWS