28 injured as clashes rage across Jerusalem overnight

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JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- At least 28 Palestinians were injured as clashes with Israeli forces continued into the late hours of the night on Friday across Jerusalem, as anger over a series of killings by Israeli police boiled over into the streets of the city's Palestinian neighborhoods.

Clashes broke out in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhoods of Silwan, al-Issawiya, al-Tur, and Wadi al-Joz, as hundreds marched and fought pitched battles with security forces in anger over the killing of Mutaz Hijazi, 32, early Thursday, as well as the killing of Abd al-Rahman al-Shaludi, 21, the week before.

Both men were suspected by authorities of involvement in violent incidents targeting Israelis. But Palestinians have been outraged by their killings, highlighting that instead of being arrested both were shot dead by police on sight.

An autopsy on Friday revealed that Mutaz Hijazi, 32, was shot 20 times by different officers and left to die on his rooftop, as Israeli police refused to allow locals to reach him -- and later forced an ambulance to surrender his body, before returning it to the family late Thursday.

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1. Gaza rocket fired at Israel, second since Operation Protective Edge

No rocket alarm was sounded, and no damage was reported.
By Gili Cohen | Nov. 1, 2014 | 9:17 AM

Israel's Iron Dome anti-rocket system identified a rocket - or possibly a mortar shell - fired from the Gaza Strip into an open field in the Eshkol Regional Council near the border. No rocket alarm was sounded, and no damage was reported.

Military forces are looking for the projectile, which at this point could have been a rocket or a mortar shell. The IDF is also looking into who fired the projectile. This is the second time a projectile was fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel since the end of Operation Protective Edge, this summer.

"The quiet achieved in the south of the country is the product of continuous and strenuous work, and it could be interrupted at any time, IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz said at a military ceremony last Thursday.

The IDF would have to continue "keeping its eyes open in the different fronts, from Lebanon to the Golan Heights, to the West Bank, to Gaza," Gantz continued. "We remain alert and ready for action at any intensity needed."

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