UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has discussed the flare-up of tensions around Jerusalem's holy sites in separate calls on Saturday with the Israeli prime minister and Palestinian president.
In statements released after both calls, the UN said Mr Guterres discussed “efforts to lower tensions, end provocations and unilateral steps, and restore calm".
More than 200 people, mostly Palestinians, have been wounded over the past week in confrontations with police in and around the Al Aqsa compound, a holy site for both Muslims and Jews.
Palestinians have been outraged by a massive Israeli police deployment and repeated visits by Jews to the holy site. Access to the Al Aqsa compound and other holy sites is governed through a tenuous agreement that is supposed to allow freedom of worship, while also outlining security conditions.
Mr Guterres “reiterated that the status quo at the Holy Sites must be upheld and respected,” both statements read.
The clashes at Al Aqsa come amid a wave of deadly violence, which has sparked fears of a wider conflict.
Rocket launches from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday and Thursday prompted retaliatory strikes from Israel.
But after similar attacks from Gaza on Friday night and Saturday morning, Israel decided not to launch counter-attacks, instead saying it would close its only border to the enclave on Sunday.
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Wicked: For Good
Director: Jon M Chu
Starring: Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey, Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Yeoh, Ethan Slater
Rating: 4/5
The biog
Siblings: five brothers and one sister
Education: Bachelors in Political Science at the University of Minnesota
Interests: Swimming, tennis and the gym
Favourite place: UAE
Favourite packet food on the trip: pasta primavera
What he did to pass the time during the trip: listen to audio books
Zakat definitions
Zakat: an Arabic word meaning ‘to cleanse’ or ‘purification’.
Nisab: the minimum amount that a Muslim must have before being obliged to pay zakat. Traditionally, the nisab threshold was 87.48 grams of gold, or 612.36 grams of silver. The monetary value of the nisab therefore varies by current prices and currencies.
Zakat Al Mal: the ‘cleansing’ of wealth, as one of the five pillars of Islam; a spiritual duty for all Muslims meeting the ‘nisab’ wealth criteria in a lunar year, to pay 2.5 per cent of their wealth in alms to the deserving and needy.
Zakat Al Fitr: a donation to charity given during Ramadan, before Eid Al Fitr, in the form of food. Every adult Muslim who possesses food in excess of the needs of themselves and their family must pay two qadahs (an old measure just over 2 kilograms) of flour, wheat, barley or rice from each person in a household, as a minimum.
