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Israeli forces opened fire on the vehicle in which the three men were travelling.
Hamas warned against marchers passing through the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, saying it would use “all possibilities” to confront them.
Ireland South MEP Grace O’Sullivan, who was one of the delegates, criticised the decision.
Israel and the Palestinians are locked in a war of narratives that already has put Israel on the defensive.
The annual demonstrations across the occupied West Bank, annexed east Jerusalem and inside Israel came with tensions high over the killing of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh.
Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney said the violence at Shireen Abu Akleh’s funeral “should be roundly condemned”.
Recent days have seen an outpouring of grief from across the Palestinian territories and the wider Arab world.
The Palestinian Authority has rejected holding a joint probe with Israel.
Messages will be compiled and sent to the family of Shireen Abu Akleh.
Al Jazeera said Shireen Abu Akleh, a prominent figure in the channel’s Arabic news service, was shot “deliberately” and “in cold blood” by Israeli troops.
The incident happened shortly before the AnadoluJet passenger plane had been readying for take-off for Istanbul from Tel Aviv.
At least 18 Israelis have been killed in five attacks since March.
It is understood three men in their 40s were killed in the attack.
Russia’s foreign minister made comments about the Holocaust that were deeply offensive to Jews.
An Israeli High Court decision has approved the eviction of roughly 1,000 Palestinian villagers to make way for a military training zone.
The police said they had repelled “dozens of rioters” who had been “throwing stones and other objects” at the security forces.
Israel, which summoned the Russian ambassador in response, said the remarks blamed Jews for their own murder in the Holocaust.
There are raised fears of another armed conflict similar to an 11-day war last year between Israel and Hamas.
Police said three people had been arrested, two for throwing stones and one for “inciting the mob”.
The violence has sparked international fears of a major escalation, similar to last year when an 11-day war took place.
Temple Mount is the holiest place in Judaism and third-holiest in Islam.
The killing raises to four the number of Palestinians who have died in the past 24 hours in a wave of violence over Ramadan.
There’s a surge of violence in Israel and the West Bank since late March.
The attacks came after a shooting on Sunday that killed two Israeli police officers in the northern city of Hadera.
A 28-year-old man has been questioned by police over the incident.
A government security official said the two assailants were IS operatives.
The attack occurred outside a fuel station and a shopping centre in the southern city of Beersheba.
A 16-year-old died in an exchange of fire with troops carrying out an arrest raid outside the city of Nablus.
The broadcaster lends his support to a group of NGOs seeking an end to EU trade with Israeli settlements in occupied territories.
Michael Benyair, former Attorney General of Israel, agrees with Amnesty International.
Micheál Martin said using the term apartheid would not “add anything right now”.
Netanyahu is on trial for fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in three separate cases.
It is the second time this month the container yard at the port has come under Israeli attack.
“The world will follow in our footsteps,” Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said.
The army, which said Palestinian “terrorists” carried out the attack, deployed three extra battalions as well as special forces.
Cork woman Dr Susan Power, a human rights lawyer, asks Simon Coveney to advocate for six NGOs designated as terrorist organisations by Israel.
Karine Elharrar missed yesterday’s events when security staff would not let her car through.
The homes will be built in the occupied West Bank despite the US president’s strongest criticism yet of the project.