Israeli Police Clash in Jerusalem

Hospital officials identified the victim as Mohammed Azmi Abed.

Israeli tanks moved in Rafah refugee camp early Friday, residents and Palestinian security officials said. There were heavy exchanges of fire between soldiers and Palestinian fighters, they said.

The Israel Army said a "limited" operation was underway, aimed at locating tunnels used by Palestinians to smuggle weapons from Egypt.

Also Friday morning, the Israel Army closed the Erez industrial zone to Palestinian workers from the Gaza Strip due to warnings of an attack at the Erez crossing between the Strip and Israel, Army Radio reported.

Elsewhere, Israeli police stormed Friday the Al Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City after young Palestinians threw stones at them, Israel public radio reported.

Police used sound grenades and other weapons to disperse hundreds of youths who had also hurled stones toward the ‘Wailing Wall’, several meters below, after the Muslim noon prayer, said the radio. At least four Palestinians were wounded.