Three Palestinians killed in clashes with Israeli security forces July 22, 2017 by zahed Three Palestinians were killed on Friday in clashes between protestors and Israeli security forces in East Jerusalem, Palestinian sources have reported. Israel’s military say over 3,000 took part in protests throughout the West Bank and East Jerusalem on Friday. Clashes also erupted between protestors and Israeli forces in the south of the Gaza Strip. A Palestinian woman holds a copy of the Koran, Islam’s holy book, during a demonstration in Jerusalem’s Old City on July 20, 2017, against new Israeli security measures at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, which include metal detectors and cameras, following an attack that killed two Israeli policemen the previous week. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI Israeli border guards detain a Palestinian youth during a demonstration outside the Lions Gate, a main entrance to Al-Aqsa mosque compound, due to newly-implemented security measures by Israeli authorities which include metal detectors and cameras, in Jerusalem’s Old City on July 17, 2017. Israel reopened the ultra-sensitive holy site, after it was closed following an attack by Arab Israeli men in which two Israeli policemen were killed. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI Israeli security forces detain a Palestinian protester during clashes following prayers outside Jerusalem’s Old City on July 21, 2017, after Israeli police barred men under 50 from entering the Old City for Friday Muslim prayers as tensions rose and protests erupted over new security measures at the highly sensitive Al-Aqsa mosque compound. The ban came after Israeli ministers decided not to order the removal of metal detectors erected at entrances to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount, following an attack nearby a week ago that killed two policemen. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI Palestinians lift a man onto a wheelchair during clashes after border guards dispersed Muslim worshippers with tear gas following prayers outside Jerusalem’s Old City on July 21, 2017, after Israeli police barred men under 50 from entering the Old City for Friday Muslim prayers as tensions rose and protests erupted over new security measures at the highly sensitive Al-Aqsa mosque compound. The ban came after Israeli ministers decided not to order the removal of metal detectors erected at entrances to the Haram al-Sharif mosque compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount, following an attack nearby a week ago that killed two policemen. / AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ Palestinian worshippers run for cover from teargas, fired by Israeli forces, following prayers outside Jerusalem’s Old City in front of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound after Israeli police barred men under 50 from entering the Old City for Friday Muslim prayers as tensions rose and protests erupted over new security measures at the highly sensitive holy site on July 21, 2017. The ban came after Israeli ministers decided not to order the removal of metal detectors erected at entrances to the Haram al-Sharif mosque compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount, following an attack nearby a week ago that killed two policemen. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI Israeli security forces detain a Palestinian protester during clashes following prayers outside Jerusalem’s Old City on July 21, 2017, after Israeli police barred men under 50 from entering the Old City for Friday Muslim prayers as tensions rose and protests erupted over new security measures at the highly sensitive Al-Aqsa mosque compound. The ban came after Israeli ministers decided not to order the removal of metal detectors erected at entrances to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount, following an attack nearby a week ago that killed two policemen. / AFP PHOTO / Ahmad GHARABLI A Palestinian protester holds a copy of the Koran, Islam’s holy book, and shouts slogans during a demonstration in Jerusalem’s Old City on July 20, 2017, against new Israeli security measures at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, which include metal detectors and cameras, following an attack that killed two Israeli policemen the previous week. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI