First Friday prayers of Ramadan in Jerusalem

Tens thousands of Palestinians attended the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month in Jerusalem amid a heavy Israeli security presence, with no immediate reports of unrest.

Earlier in the day, Israeli security forces hunted down and killed a Palestinian man who had opened fire into a crowded bar in central Tel Aviv. But the attacks have set off growing calls in Israel for a tougher crackdown.

Israel allowed women, children and men over 40 from the occupied West Bank to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in east Jerusalem on Friday. The Muslim body that oversees the site said 80,000 people attended prayers.

The Al-Aqsa Mosque is the third holiest site in Islam and sits on a hilltop that is the most sacred site for Jews, who refer to it as the Temple Mount.