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Friday, 29 September, 2000, 18:11 GMT 19:11 UK
In pictures: Violence in Jerusalem
Israeli police fired live ammunition and rubber-coated metal bullets into crowds of Palestinians in the grounds of the Aqsa mosque, the third holiest site in Islam, after the Palestinians threw stones near Jewish worshippers.

It was the second day of trouble at the site.


Israeli soldiers weep and hold each other during the funeral of Sgt. David Biri
Feelings were running high as Israeli troops mourned a colleague killed in Gaza

Palestinians chanting anti-Israeli slogans after Friday prayers
Palestinians chanted anti-Israeli slogans after Friday prayers

Palestinian throwing stone
The chanting turned to stone-throwing

Israeli women were evacuated from the Western Wall as clashes broke out
Israeli women and children were evacuated from the Western Wall after stones rained down on them

Israeli security forces fire rubber bullets at Palestinians
Israeli police responded by storming the Al-Aqsa compound and firing rubber bullets at the Palestinians

Wounded American youth sits on the ground after being attacked by Palestinians
The violence spilled out into the outskirts of Jerusalem

Jerusalem police chief Yair Yitzhaki is carried away on a stretcher after he was hit by a stone
But there were casualties on both sides: The Jerusalem police chief was among the wounded
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