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LIVE BLOG: Tensions mount in Jerusalem - update 4th October 2015

Islamic Jihad have a released a video online in which they reportedly threaten to restart suicide bombings within Israel.

On Saturday, in an announcement, Islamic Jihad said that a third Intifada had begun due to Israeli transgressions on the Al-Aqsa compound.

"We are at the start of a true intifada," read the statement. "The situation is at the breaking point - this isn't a storm in a teacup. Today (Prime Minister Binyamin) Netanyahu is reaping what he sowed. The Palestinian people have spoken - harming Al-Aqsa is a red line."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKg8b1ooWus