A raid, a march, a court case: how Israel spiralled into a deadly conflict

After a series of events combined to reignite clashes, a wave of communal violence broke out that could take years to heal

Abd al-Fattah Iskafi, 71, has lived in his house on a tree-lined street near the historic Damascus Gate entrance to Jerusalem's Old City since he was six years old. But he has spent decades locked in a court battle with hardline Jewish settlers over whether he has the right to stay.

Families in his Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood who also face losing their homes have been destroyed psychologically" by the long legal fight, he says. But as lawyers prepared this month for a final showdown in Israel's highest court, fallout from the case spread far beyond their neighbourhood.