Clash at Al-Aqsa Mosque leaves several wounded
The clashes on Friday came as the Israeli military carried out airstrikes in Gaza in response to continuing incendiary balloons.
A number of Palestinian demonstrators were wounded in clashes with Israeli police at the Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem following Friday prayers.
According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, nine Palestinians were injured when Israeli forces fired foam-tipped bullets and stun grenades into the crowd. Three were hospitalized, the emergency service said.
The Jerusalem Post reports that Palestinian worshipers could be seen on video hurling stones at border police officers stationed at the entrance, who responded by firing at the protesters. Israeli police said in a statement that they arrested 14 people for rioting and stone-throwing after they refused to disperse.
Revered by both Muslims and Jews, Al-Aqsa Mosque is often a flashpoint in the Palestinian-Israeli crisis. The site is the third holiest in Islam and the holiest for Jews, who call it the Temple Mount.
