Israeli police fired tear gas and rubber bullets Monday as they tried to disperse crowds of stone-throwing Palestinian demonstrators following the funeral of a young Palestinian man who died.
Israeli police said demonstrators threw stones, sticks and fireworks toward security forces. They released videos showing protesters throwing objects toward police near the cemetery and another video of stones pelting a nearby street.
The Palestinian Red Crescent rescue service said 52 Palestinians were wounded by rubber bullets, stun grenades and beatings. Twelve people required hospitalization, including two with eye injuries, it said. Police said a number of officers were lightly hurt.at the Jerusalem funeral for Shireen Abu Akleh, a well-known Al Jazeera journalist who was killed Wednesday while reporting on an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank.
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