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According to reports, the Palestinians  exchanged fire with the police officers near the Dung Gate of the Old City.

Al Jazeera has quoted the  Al Aqsa mosque management as saying that  the bodies of two Palestinians were inside the courtyard of the mosque compound.

 

Israeli police ordered the closure of the compound, saying there would be no prayers at the site on Friday.

The ancient, marble-and-stone compound houses the Al Aqsa mosque, Islam's third-holiest site, and the 7th century Dome of the Rock, Thousands pray there every Friday.

The western wall of the compound, also known as the Wailing Wall, is considered the holiest site in Judaism.

In a separate incident on Friday, Israeli forces shot dead an 18-year-old Palestinian during a raid in Dheisheh refugee camp south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.