Al-Jazeera
"Israeli police have raided al-Aqsa mosque's compound, clashing with Muslim worshippers and arresting Palestinian protesters.
Al Jazeera has learnt that the clashes erupted on Sunday after Israeli police tried to enter the compound in occupied Jerusalem's Old City.
The site is known to Jews as the Temple Mount and is revered by Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif (the Noble Sanctuary), comprising al-Aqsa mosque and the Dome of the Rock.
At least 10 people were injured and another 15 detained, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Jerusalem said. Israeli police put the number of arrests at 12.
Early on Sunday, Israeli police deployed extra troops after calls for demonstrations around the holy site. The Palestinian calls came amid rumours that rightwing Jewish activists were planning to gather at al-Aqsa compound.
(Left: An Israeli flyer calling for storming Al-Aqsa Mosque)
"Israeli police have raided al-Aqsa mosque's compound, clashing with Muslim worshippers and arresting Palestinian protesters.
Al Jazeera has learnt that the clashes erupted on Sunday after Israeli police tried to enter the compound in occupied Jerusalem's Old City.
The site is known to Jews as the Temple Mount and is revered by Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif (the Noble Sanctuary), comprising al-Aqsa mosque and the Dome of the Rock.
At least 10 people were injured and another 15 detained, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Jerusalem said. Israeli police put the number of arrests at 12.
Early on Sunday, Israeli police deployed extra troops after calls for demonstrations around the holy site. The Palestinian calls came amid rumours that rightwing Jewish activists were planning to gather at al-Aqsa compound.
(Left: An Israeli flyer calling for storming Al-Aqsa Mosque)
The rumours circulated after a fringe Israeli group, the Organisation for the Defence of Human Rights on the Temple Mount, called on Jews to gather at the mosque compound as well as the adjacent Western Wall......."
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