 Going outside of Africa, Palestinians have clashed with Israeli police in Jerusalem. The West Bank of Israel and Hamas cross-border fire entered its ninth day and a general strike were announced across the Palestinians, territories and parts of Israel and Jerusalem. The clashes broke in the West Bank as general strikes were held in East Jerusalem, Arab towns within Israel and in the West Bank cities. Israeli police fired gas bombs, stun grenades towards protesters in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem just north of the old city, where several Palestinian families faced eviction from homes claimed by Jewish settlers in a long-running legal case. Israel bombarded Gaza with airstrikes and Palestinian militants resumed cross-border rocket fire on Tuesday.