Turkey accuses Israel of 'terror' over Palestinian clashes at Al-Aqsa

Israeli security forces advance amid clashes with Palestinians at the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem

Turkey criticised Israel and accused it of unleashing ‘terror’ on Palestinians after Israeli police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades towards protesting Palestinian youth at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque late on Friday. The clashes at Islam's third holiest site and around East Jerusalem, which injured 205 Palestinians and 17 police officers, came amid mounting anger over the potential eviction of Palestinians from homes on land claimed by Jewish settlers. As the clashes flared, several Turkish officials criticised Israel and called for other countries to voice condemnation, while a Foreign Ministry statement urged Israel to ‘immediately end its provocative and hostile stance and act with reason’. ‘Shame on Israel and those who keep silent in the face of disgraceful attacks,’ Turkish Presidential Spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Twitter late on Friday.