Muslims stage 'day of rage' around the world to protest against Trump's decision to recognise city as Israel's capital (Details, pics)

Muslims are staging a 'day of rage' around the world after Friday prayers this morning after Donald Trump officially recognised Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

Demonstrations have already taken place in Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia and Kashmir today and hundreds of Palestinians clashed with Israeli security forces in the West Bank cities of Hebron, Bethlehem and Ramallah.

Protesters threw stones at Israeli troops, who responded with tear gas and rubber bullets while huge crowds rallied outside Jerusalem's Al Aqsa Mosque, a flashpoint site in the holy city and thousands have also taken to the streets in Gaza.

About 12 Palestinians have been hurt by rubber-coated steel pellets and one by live fire, according to Red Crescent paramedics.

Israeli authorities have deployed hundreds of extra police while soldiers have had all leave cancelled in preparation for the unrest.

In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, protesters burnt an effigy of Trump outside the US embassy while in Iran, hundreds rallied in the capital, Tehran, chanting 'death to America' and senior cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami called on supporters to 'rage' against Israel.

Thousands also marched in Turkey as well as in Afghanistan, Jordan, Pakistan, Somalia and Egypt, where campaigners vowed to 'sacrifice our blood and souls for Palestine'.

Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said today that plans to move America's embassy to Jerusalem are unlikely to be acted on for at least two years.

Tillerson said it will 'take some time' to acquire a site for the embassy, develop building and construction plans, obtain authorisations from the Israeli government and actually build the embassy.

It won't happen this year, and probably not in 2018, he said, adding that Trump's recognition of the city as Israel's capital 'did not indicate any final status for Jerusalem.'

He says the US is making clear that Jerusalem's borders will be left to Israelis and Palestinians to 'negotiate and decide.'

However, Trump's announcement has inflamed tensions in the region.

Yesterday, the Islamist group Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, called for a new 'intifada', or uprising, and three missiles were fired last night from the coastal territory into Israel.

Two fell short and the third caused no damage, the Israeli military said, and warplanes and tanks were scrambled in response, striking two sites used by Hamas terrorises in Gaza.

On the West Bank, the more moderate Palestinian Authority ordered a general strike.

Schools, universities and shops in Arab areas of Jerusalem were closed amid expectations that thousands of young people would take to the streets in anger today to battle soldiers and police.

This morning, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital by the United States runs counter to common sense.