(4 Oct 2000) Natural Sound
Emotional funerals kept tensions running high in the Middle East on Wednesday, while Israeli and Palestinian leaders sought to halt the carnage at U-S arranged talks in Paris.
Israeli soldiers fired tear gas and rubber bullets at Palestinian stone throwers attending a funeral on Wednesday of a Palestinian policeman at Jebel Mukaber in the Jerusalem area.
Angry Palestinians threw stones and Israeli soldiers replied with force, wounding at least one Palestinian.
Nineteen year old Mohammed Sorkhi was killed in the early hours of Wednesday morning in clashes with Israeli soldiers in Beit Sahour near Bethlehem.
The Israeli army confirmed an exchange of fire in the area overnight, but gave no information on casualties.
The West Bank city of Nablus has seen some of the worst of the clashes.
At a funeral in there, a flashpoint in recent days, tensions were still running high among the several thousand mourners.
In Gaza , Palestinian gunmen attended the burial of yet another casualty of the clashes.
Several militia - or Tanzim as the Israelis call them - were seen brandishing automatic weapons as mourners gathered for the funeral.
Palestinians burnt the American flag during clashes Wednesday with Israeli soldiers in the divided town of Hebron.
The trouble came as U-S secretary of State Madeleine Albright was holding crisis talks in Paris with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and PLO leader Yasser Arafat.
Israeli troops fired rubber bullets.
The crowds had gathered for the funeral of Mohammed Zama'ara who died in Tuesday's clashes.
Israel blames P-L-O leader Yasser Arafat for the recent violence, accusing him of failing to control such gunmen which, according to Israel, are the cause of the trouble.
The Palestinians, meanwhile, have accused the Israelis of using excessive force that has resulted in the high casualty count, which includes more than 1,300 injured.
Arafat has demanded an international inquiry into the Israeli actions, but Barak has rejected the call.
The latest violence was sparked by last week's visit of Ariel Sharon, the leader of the hard-line opposition Likud party, to a Jerusalem holy site revered by Muslims and Jews.
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