The bloodshed followed street clashes in Jerusalem left three Palestinians dead amid increasing tensions over the Holy Land's most contested shrine. At issue in the current round of violence are metal detectors Israel installed at the Jerusalem shrine earlier this week, in response to a deadly attack by Arab gunmen there. Earlier Friday, several thousand Palestinians in Jerusalem and the West Bank clashed with Israeli troops, burning tires or throwing stones and firecrackers. Jordan, the custodian of the Jerusalem shrine, has repeatedly appealed to Israel to remove the devices. Speaking in Ankara after Friday prayers, he called Israel's security measures "radical," saying limits imposed on Muslim prayers would not contribute to a solution.

Source: Fox News July 21, 2017 21:33 UTC