Ongoing clashes began on 6 May 2021 between Palestinian protesters and Israeli police over a planned Israeli Supreme Court decision regarding evictions of Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem. The violence, which coincided with the holidays of Laylat al-Qadr and Jerusalem Day, has resulted in over 300 people being injured, most of them Palestinian civilians. According to Gaza officials at least 24 Palestinians, including nine children, and 103 more were wounded. The attacks drew international condemnation and resulted in a delay of the Supreme Court ruling by 30 days as Attorney General of Israel Avichai Mandelblit sought to reduce tensions. On 9 May, Israeli police forces stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque, a major holy site to Muslims, ahead of a flag march by far-right Jewish nationalists that was later canceled.

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