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Clashes between Palestinians, Israeli police at Jerusalem holy site

Jerusalem | ByAgence France-Presse
Jul 27, 2017 09:11 PM IST

The Palestinian Red Crescent reported 46 people wounded inside and around the Haram al-Sharif compound.

Clashes erupted between Israeli police and Palestinians at a sensitive Jerusalem holy site on Thursday as thousands of Muslim worshippers entered to end a boycott of the compound over new Israeli security measures.

Stun grenades explode at the entrance of the Haram al-Sharif compound on July 27, 2017.(Reuters)
Stun grenades explode at the entrance of the Haram al-Sharif compound on July 27, 2017.(Reuters)

The Palestinian Red Crescent reported 46 people wounded both inside the Haram al-Sharif compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount, and in the immediate area.

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The reasons for the clashes inside the compound were not immediately clear.

Outside, clashes broke out when a group of policemen walked in the middle of a crowd. Palestinians threw plastic bottles and Israeli forces fired stun grenades.

Thousands of worshippers had earlier streamed into the compound for afternoon prayers, ending a boycott after Israel removed controversial new security measures, installed after a July 14 attack killed two policemen.

The site includes the al-Aqsa mosque and the Dome of the Rock.

Palestinians had refused to enter the compound and prayed in the streets outside after Israel installed the new security measures. They viewed the move as Israel asserting further control over the site.

Israeli authorities said the measures, including metal detectors, were needed because the July 14 attackers smuggled guns into the compound and emerged from it to attack the officers.

Deadly unrest erupted in the days after the new measures were introduced, with clashes breaking out around the compound and in the occupied West Bank, leaving five Palestinians dead.

A Palestinian also broke into a home in a Jewish settlement in the West Bank last week and stabbed four Israelis, killing three of them.

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