Hundreds of people attended the funeral of Walid Al Sharif, 23, who died on Saturday from injuries he had sustained three weeks earlier in clashes with Israeli police in Al-Aqsathe third holiest site in Islam and the holiest site in Judaism, called the Temple Mount.
His remains were transported for the first time on Monday night through the esplanade, where Palestinian flags were raised, and then to a cemetery on the outskirts of the Old City, located in East Jerusalem, a Palestinian sector occupied and annexed by Israelobserved an AFP journalist.
During clashes with Israeli police in the middle of the procession, 71 people were injured by rubber bullets and percussion grenadesaccording to the Palestinian Red Crescent.
Thirteen people were hospitalized.
For its part, the Israeli police reported 15 arrests during “violent riots” started by hundreds of people “throwing stones, bottles, bricks and other heavy objects” at Israeli security forces.
Six police officers were injured in the clashes, the police said in their statement.
More than 50 Palestinians from Jerusalem were detained, said the Palestinian Prisoners Club, an advocacy organization for detainees imprisoned by Israel.
These new clashes take place in a context of constant violence in the Palestinian territories and in Israel.
Israeli police stormed the funeral of the Palestinian-American journalist on Friday. Shireen Abu Aklehthe Al Jazeera correspondent killed during an Israeli army operation in the occupied West Bank.
The officers repressed the mourners and even beat those who carried the coffin, which almost fell to the ground.
Source: Ambito
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