Five protesters die in Gaza clashes

Israeli forces have clashed with Palestinian demonstrators along the Gaza border killing five of them as a rash of stabbing attacks in Israel and the Palestinian territories raised fears of wider unrest.

Recent days have seen a string of attacks by young Palestinians with no known links to armed groups who have targeted Israeli soldiers and civilians at random, complicating Israeli efforts to contain the violence, linked to tensions over a sensitive Jerusalem holy site.

The latest incidents included the first apparent revenge attack by an Israeli.