Separately on the
Gaza border, a Palestinian shot at
Israeli soldiers, who returned
fire and killed him in the third such incident in recent days, the army said.
In Jerusalem,
police fired sound grenades as Palestinian
protests intensified at the highly sensitive Al-Aqsa mosque compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount, according to an AFP correspondent.
The Red Crescent reported 61
Palestinians wounded, 15 of whom were taken to hospitals.