Philippine Daily Inquirer

Israel removes mosque metal detectors

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JERUSALEM— Israel removed metal detectors from entrances to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City in favor of closed-circuit television cameras, hoping to calm days of bloodshed, but Palestinia­ns said the modified security measures were still unacceptab­le. Israel installed the detectors at entry points to Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem after two police guards were fatally shot on July 14, setting off the bloodiest clashes between Israelis and Palestinia­ns in years. The spike in tensions and the deaths of three Israelis and four Palestinia­ns in violence on Friday and Saturday prompted a session of the UN Security Council to consider ways of defusing the crisis.—

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