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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.
![]() Feelings were running high as Israeli troops mourned a colleague killed in Gaza
![]() Palestinians chanted anti-Israeli slogans after Friday prayers
![]() The chanting turned to stone-throwing
![]() Israeli women and children were evacuated from the Western Wall after stones rained down on them
![]() Israeli police responded by storming the Al-Aqsa compound and firing rubber bullets at the Palestinians
![]() The violence spilled out into the outskirts of Jerusalem
![]() But there were casualties on both sides: The Jerusalem police chief was among the wounded
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