Israeli army violates truce agreement.

Israeli police fired stun grenades towards Palestinians who threw rocks and petrol bombs at officers outside Al Aqsa Mosque on Friday, hours after Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire in Gaza.

Police raids of the compound and violence against Palestinians during the holy month of Ramazan sparked the violence between Israel and Gaza's rulers Hamas, who after 11 days of fighting agreed to a truce early on Friday.

At noon, thousands of Palestinians gathered in the tree-lined compound surrounding the mosque for Friday prayers. Many stayed on to...

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