Abbas has refused any contact with US President Donald Trump's administration since Washington's recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital at the end of last year

Jerusalem row: After Netanyahu's meeting, Mahmud Abbas to also meet Putin seeking Russia's support

According to Al Jazeera, the ministry in a statement said that two Palestinians were killed and over 70 others were injured during clashes with Israeli forces in northern Gaza near the border with Israel

2 Palestinians dead in clashes over Trump's Jerusalem move

Yasser Sokar and Ibrahim Abu Thurayeh, 32 and 29, became the fifth and sixth Palestinians to be killed in Gaza since Trump's announcement that Washington recognised Jerusalem as Israel's capital

Palestinians killed in new wave of protests over Trump Jerusalem move

'The Holy Father... raises fervent prayers so that the leaders of nations, in this time of special gravity, commit themselves to avert a new spiral of violence,' a statement from the Vatican said

Pope renews call for 'wisdom and prudence' over Jerusalem

'I'm not used to receiving lectures about morality from a leader who bombs Kurdish villages in his native Turkey,' Netanyahu told reporters at a news conference with French President Emmanuel Macron

Israel's Netanyahu says won't take lectures from Turkey's Erdogan

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Jerusalem row: After Netanyahu's meeting, Mahmud Abbas to also meet Putin seeking Russia's support

2 Palestinians dead in clashes over Trump's Jerusalem move

Palestinians killed in new wave of protests over Trump Jerusalem move

Pope renews call for 'wisdom and prudence' over Jerusalem

Israel's Netanyahu says won't take lectures from Turkey's Erdogan