Fatah calls for day of rage on Friday

Fatah, the organisation which controls the West Bank, has called for a "day of rage" on Friday "in support of al-Aqsa Mosque and occupied Jerusalem."

In a statement released on Thursday, the group called on Palestinians throughout the territories, as well as those in the diaspora, to join a day of rage to express their "rejection of violations of their holy sites, primarily al-Aqsa Mosque."

According to the statement, Palestinians will express their view that "violations at the al-Aqsa compound are tantamout to an announcement of religious war on the Palestinian people and the Arab Islamic nation."