With those injured today, several of them in a critical condition, the total number of victims of police repression by the occupying power exceeds 400.

The protests, which began last week due to the expulsion of Arab residents from the Sheikh Jarrah district to build an Israeli settlement, escalated after the breaking-in by Jewish fanatics into the Al Aqsa Mosque compound, one of the three holiest sites of Islam.

This morning the temperature of the clashes rose several degrees after Israeli uniformed fanatics attacked with rubber-coated bullets Muslim worshipers who were praying at the Al Aqsa Mosque.

The crisis prompted Tunisia to convene an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council for this afternoon to discuss the situation.

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