Palestinians throw stones at Israeli troops during clashes in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem October 5, 2015. A Palestinian teenager was killed on Monday in a clash with Israeli soldiers near the West Bank town of Bethlehem, a Palestinian hospital source said. Violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Jerusalem has intensified in the past few weeks and the teenager's reported death was the latest in a series of incidents that has raised fears of wider escalation. (REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma)
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Palestinians torched a site revered by Jews in the West Bank in an incident that threatened to further inflame two weeks of deadly unrest, as fresh protests erupted Friday.
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A Palestinian posing as a journalist stabs an Israeli soldier with a knife before being shot dead near the West Bank city of Hebron October 16, 2015. The Palestinian wounded an Israeli soldier with a knife before being shot dead, the Israeli military added. The attack took place near Hebron, in the southern part of the Israeli-occupied territory. (REUTERS/Jameel Salhab)
Video showed what looked like an extensive blaze, and the Israeli army called it "a despicable act" of desecration.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned the arson attack at the opening of an emergency session of the Security Council called to discuss the escalating violence.
The arson came as Palestinians called for a "Friday of revolution" against Israel, and police barred men under 40 from attending the main weekly prayers at the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque, seeking to keep young protesters away.
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Outside the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba, a Palestinian disguised as a news photographer stabbed and wounded a soldier before being shot dead
http://news.yahoo.com/palestinians-torch-west-bank-holy-jews-security-063359656.html#
Palestinians torch Jewish shrine, new protests erupt
By Steve Weizman
October 16, 2015
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