A fifth person was killed in one of the low-income neighborhoods ringing the capital, where stone-throwing youths clashed with the police.

At the same time, they find themselves sending young soldiers with rifles and combat gear against stone-throwing youths.

In 1987 to 1988 the same army - much stronger - cannot restore order when faced with stone-throwing turbulent youths.

The soldiers were met by hundreds of stone-throwing youths and responded with gunfire, witnesses said.

More than a thousand people were killed in the violence, many of them stone-throwing Palestinian youths.

As the soldiers arrived, the stone-throwing youths returned, showing no fear and began pelting them with rocks as well.

In several areas, worshipers leaving sabbath services were met with stone-throwing youths and cries of "Death to Israel."

On Friday and Saturday the police clashed with crowds of stone-throwing youths.

The commute used to include regular traffic jams and, on occasion, stone-throwing Palestinian youths.

When the fighting ebbed, stone-throwing youths would approach soldiers, only to be driven back by Israeli warning shots.