Heavy violence struck Ras al-Amoud and Al-Hara al-Wasta neighborhoods of Silwan at 8:30pm on Saturday, 25 February. Israeli troops fired heavy amounts of tear gas and sound grenades throughout the densely populated areas as local youth responded with stones and firecrackers.

Eyewitnesses report that the confrontations were the most violent since the recent raids on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Images from the clashes