Police deny using tear gas, saying acrid smoke that filled halls of al-Makassed hospital was from pepper spray used by one of the suspects in a 200-person brawl

Police claim footage shows partial picture of what unfolded at anti-Netanyahu demonstration, but admit they employed tactic spokesman had claimed officers don't use

Rights group says laborer fell ill in Tel Aviv, was examined at a hospital, then police left him at checkpoint without coordinating with Palestinian medical authorities

Envoy Tomas Niklasson calls on 'responsible actors on the ground' to exercise 'restraint'; EU diplomats tour neighborhood where Israel Police have recently stepped up raids

Security officials say they've stepped up operations because of escalating violence emanating from the Palestinian neighborhood, home to 18,000

Police spokesman says Palestinian minister was recently detained on suspicions that he violated a law that bans PA activity in the city

Residents complain about lawlessness, unregulated building and traffic; Jerusalem city official says security situation undermines municipality's ability to provide services

Rights group claims troops wiped CCTV footage of incident in the East Bank in early April; IDF says attacker also tried to carry out stabbing