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.
![Members of the Israeli security forces detain a Palestinian man in front of the Dome of the Rock mosque following Friday prayers in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque complex, on June 18, 2021, as Palestinians protested in response to chants by Israeli ultranationalists targeting Islam's Prophet.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/2021-06/GettyImages-1233523232.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=uGwZuohH)
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.