Israeli police have detained more than 100 Palestinians in East Jerusalem since July for allegedly "throwing stones" at trains.

In a Tuesday statement, police said that more than 100 Palestinians had been arrested since July – when a Palestinian teenager was murdered by suspected Jewish settlers – for pelting passing trains with rocks.

In recent months, light rail trains have become a frequent target of Palestinian stone-throwers.

Israeli Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch had earlier vowed to crack down on Palestinians caught throwing stones at trains in Jerusalem.

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A Palestinian protester prepares to hurl a stone towards Israeli troops during clashes at a protest in solidarity with demonstrators at the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, outside the Ofer military prison, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014.

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