In pictures: Battle for Jerusalem

At least 15 Palestinians have been killed in clashes with Israeli soldiers as violent demonstrations swept across the West Bank and Gaza Strip for the third successive day. More than 500 others were injured.

One Palestinian activist said the battle for Jerusalem had begun.

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Palestinians have been holding funerals for those killed in earlier clashes

Violence soon erupted as youths confronted Israeli security forces

The Palestinians used slingshots to hurl stones

The Israeli forces hit back, firing live ammunition

The toll was inevitably severe