DATE=10/06/2000
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=ISRAEL / PALESTINIANS (S-UPDATE)
BYLINE=MEREDITH BUEL
DATELINE=JERUSALEM
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INTRO: At least four Palestinians are dead and dozens wounded after clashes with Israeli police and soldiers in Jerusalem's Old City, the West Bank and Gaza Strip. As VOA Correspondent Meredith Buel reports, the fighting follows more than a week of violence that has left more than 70 people dead, most of them Palestinians.
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Israeli border police fired tear gas and rubber coated metal bullets as Palestinian protestors rained down rocks from the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City.
The violence broke out after thousands of Muslims gathered for Friday prayers following a week of serious clashes in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
The protestors set a small police station on fire and clashes spread to nearby streets.
During similar incidents a week ago, Israeli police stormed the compound and seven people died in the fighting.
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement and the militant Hamas group declared Friday a "day of rage," calling for confrontations with Israeli security forces.
The Israeli Army sealed off the West Bank and Gaza in an effort to reduce the risk of confrontations. (Signed)
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