Second Intifada

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has urged Muslims across the world to "visit" and "protect" Jerusalem, slamming what he said was an "unacceptable" infringement on Palestinians' rights to a holy site, according to the Independent.

Israel removed metal detectors from entrances to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City on July 25 in favor of CCTV cameras, hoping to calm days of violence, but Palestinians said the modified security measures were still unacceptable.

Over 120 Palestinians were injured during yesterday's clashes with Israeli forces in Jerusalem and the West Bank, a Red Cross spokesman said.

A top aide to US President Donald Trump was due in Israel Monday in a bid to ease tensions over new security measures at a highly sensitive Jerusalem holy site, a US official said, according to Al Arabia. 

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced on July 21 that all contacts with Israel have been suspended until it commits to lift the recent measures taken at Al-Aqsa Mosque. 

Abbas, in a speech broadcast this evening on Palestinian television, rejected the Israeli installation of metal detectors at the gates of the Al-Aqsa compound. 

Israeli police have banned Muslim men under the age of 50 from a contested shrine in Jerusalem, according to the Independent.

The ban comes ahead of feared mass protests over the installation of metal detectors aimed at increasing security at the site. 

Muslim leaders have called for mass protests at Friday's noon prayers.

The shrine is revered by both Muslims and Jews.

Three Arab-Israeli gunmen shot dead two Israeli policemen near one of Jerusalem's most holy places on July 14, and were then killed by security forces, police said.

It was one of the most serious attacks so close to the volatile holy site, known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in years.

Three gunmen opened fire at police near Jerusalem's holiest site on July 14, wounding three Israelis, two of them critically, before the attackers were killed by security forces, Israeli police said.
   

Security forces have clashed with Islamic extremists for the third consecutive day in a Palestinian camp in Lebanon.

The toll in two days of clashes rose to five yesterday, medics said, as local factions worked to implement a security plan.

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