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At least 55 hurt in clashes at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque: medics, police
JERUSALEM, May 8, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – At least 49 Palestinians and six Israeli police officers were wounded Friday in clashes at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound, the Palestinian Red Crescent and Israeli police said.
The Red Crescent said it had opened a field hospital to treat the wounded following the rare clashes at the compound, Islam’s third-holiest site, which is also revered by Jews.
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