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Palestinians, legal experts, activists note worrying rise in number of minors being arrested during police crackdown.
Al-Aqsa Mosque
![Israeli police say some 1,550 Palestinian citizens of Israel have been arrested since May 9 [Ahmad Gharabli/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/000_99X4YG.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Israeli police launch wave of arrests targeting Palestinian citizens of Israel who took part in recent rallies.
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The incident comes as a fragile truce holds in the Gaza Strip, days after the end of a 11-day Israeli bombing campaign.
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Far-right Israelis marched in the Old City during Ramadan chanting ‘death to Arabs’ last month.
![Israeli security forces advance towards Palestinian demonstrators during protests at the flashpoint Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem [Emmanuel Dunand/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/000_9A92HH1.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Palestinians in flashpoint neighbourhood have been placed ‘under siege’ by Israeli authorities, residents say.
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Forced Palestinian expulsions in an occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood reflect a wider reality.
![Israeli forces walk near the Dome of the Rock during a crackdown on Palestinian protests at Al-Aqsa compound against the possible forced expulsion of several Palestinian families from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of Jerusalem on May 7, 2021 [File: Ammar Awad/Rreuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-05-07T203910Z_400082088_RC28BN9027ET_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-JERUSALEM-SHEIKH-JARRAH.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
For Netanyahu, Jerusalem and Gaza are the gift that keeps on giving.
![Palestinians evacuate a wounded man after Israeli security forces stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Monday [Mahmoud Illean/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AP_21130576481876.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Anger on the Palestinian street has grown over the demolition of Palestinian homes and Israeli restrictions.
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Rocket-warning sirens sound in Tel Aviv as Hamas says it launched 200 rockets on Israel in response to strikes on Gaza.
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Monday was the most violent crackdown yet on Palestinians marking the holy month of Ramadan.
UN Security Council held urgent meeting on the unrest in Jerusalem as world leaders call for de-escalation of tensions.
![Palestinians assist a wounded protester run amid confrontations with armed Israeli police outside the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City [Emmanuel Dunand/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/000_99K92H.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Israeli police crack down again on protesters outside the Old City where tens of thousands prayed at Al-Aqsa mosque.
![Palestinians run from stun grenades fired by Israeli police officers during protests at Damascus Gate [Oded Balilty/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AP_21128778726337.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
The latest violence comes a day after Israeli police stormed Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque and injured 205 Palestinians.
![Israeli police detain a demonstrator in East Jerusalem on Friday during protests over Israel's threatened eviction of dozens of Palestinians in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood [Mahmoud Illean/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IsraelPol1.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Tens of thousands of Palestinian worshippers earlier packed Al-Aqsa mosque on the final Friday of Ramadan.