JERUSALEM
\nPalestinian assailants shot and killed a security guard at the entrance of a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank late Friday, the Israeli military said, in a fresh attack that could further fuel Israeli-Palestinian tensions that have soared in the past two months.
\nThe Israeli military said early Saturday that the attackers arrived at Ariel settlement entrance and shot the guard in his post before fleeing the scene. The military launched a pursuit of the suspects in the West Bank.
\nA string of Palestinian attacks in Israel and the West Bank over the past two months have left 14 Israelis dead.
\nHamas, the militant group ruling Gaza, praised the attack but stopped short of claiming responsibility for it.
\n\u201cThe operation proves that revolution is raging all over the West Bank,\u201d said spokesman Hazem Qassem. \u201cThis is a practical implementation of our people\u2019s declaration that Jerusalem is a red line.\u201d
\nEarlier Friday, Palestinians hurled stones and Israeli police fired rubber-coated bullets at the site, which has seen a wave of unrest in recent weeks.
\nThe police say Palestinians inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound began hurling stones and fireworks around dawn in the direction of a heavily guarded gate that leads to the Western Wall, the holiest place where Jews can pray. The police advanced into the compound, firing rubber-coated bullets.
\nThe violence ended around an hour later after other Palestinians in the compound intervened, convincing the stone throwers and the police to pull back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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