Police use pepper spray in violent clash between Israel and Palestine supporters in Melbourne
Police have broken up a clash between Israel and Palestine supporters outside a burger shop in Melbourne's south east.
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian supporters held a rally in Caufield South but it became heated when hundreds of pro-Israel supporters showed up last night.
Police were forced to separate the groups after they clashed.
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The clash occured outside a Caufield South burger shop. Nine
It turned violent when the pro-Palestinian demostratorrs stormed a police line, forcing officers to use pepper spray on one man.
He wasn't arrested but he was removed from the scene.
One man suffered minor injuries when a rock was thrown at him.
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9news understands the rally was in response to a prominent pro-Palestinian activist who owns a local burger shop in the area, which was allegedly the target of arsonists yesterday.
Police don't believe the arson was politically motivated but the owner believes the fire bombing was a hate crime.
Thousands of Palestinians streamed onto Gaza's only highway on Friday, fleeing the combat zone in the north after Israel announced a window for safe passage, as officials in the enclave said the Palestinian death toll surpassed 11,000 people.
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