On Monday, May 16, thousands of Palestinians took part in the funeral of 21-year-old Al-Sharif, seriously wounded in skirmishes with the police on the territory of the Al-Aksa Mosque and who died from wounds last Saturday. The funeral resulted in clashes with the police and riots, one Palestinian is seriously wounded, ISRALINFO reports.
The police said that the fighters of Magav (Israeli police unit) opened fire on a car that rode towards them at high speed. Five passengers of the car were detained.
In Arabic-language social networks, they write that an ambulance was subjected to shelling, in which Al-Sharif’s body was carried, and publish a photo of a machine with broken glasses and broken tires.
The funeral procession moves from al-axa towards the cemetery on Salah Ad-Din. Many participants carry Palestinian flags and hamas flags, shout nationalist slogans. Stones were thrown towards the police and shot from the rocket launchers.
The police press service reports that six police officers received easy injuries, two needed medical care. 15 participants in the riots were detained.