In a sermon for Friday prayers at a mosque in Gaza City, Ismail Haniyeh said:
"We are calling for the strengthening and increasing of the intifada. It is the only path that will lead to liberation. Gaza will fulfil its role in the Jerusalem intifada and it is more than ready for confrontation."
Haniyeh's remarks, however, contradict recent comments by Fatah leaders, including Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Around 200 Palestinians gathered at the border fence Friday, throwing rocks and rolling burning tires toward Israeli troops stationed on the other side. Soldiers shot across the border into Gaza after protestors came too close, killing six Palestinians.
Also on Friday, in southern Israel, a knife-wielding Jewish man wounded four Arabs. That man reportedly later told police: “All Arabs are terrorists.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called the 10 days of violence a "terror wave." He has accused Abbas, his Fatah party and the Islamist group Hamas of inciting the violence in East Jerusalem in recent weeks.
Abbas, meanwhile, has praised Palestinians for "defending" the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City. The holy site is sacred to both Muslims and Jews, while Palestinians allege that Israel plans to change the arrangement at the compound
Still, Abbas urged people to engage in "peaceful popular resistance."
The violence has been characterized by seemingly random attacks, like the stabbings with the vegetable peeler and one involving a screwdriver. Israel has installed metal detectors at the gates of Jerusalem's Old City and deployed extra security forces.
In the West Bank, a Palestinian stabbed a policeman. The lightly wounded policeman shot and killed his attacker. An Palestinian teen was arrested for allegedly stabbing an Israeli teen, lightly wounding him.
An Arab Israeli woman was shot in the lower body after a attempting to stab people at a bus station. Video shows the woman surrounded by police and security guards, apparently raising her hands before being shot multiple times.
