Clashes break out on Temple Mount in Jerusalem

Clashes broke out between Muslim protesters and Israeli police forces on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount holy site, known to Muslims as the Haram esh-Sharif and the Al Aqsa Compound, on Sunday, during a period of peak religious tensions over the confluence of Jewish and Muslim holy days.

Sunday marks both the start of Eid al-Adha, an Islamic holiday commemorating the end of the annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, and the Jewish fast day of Tisha B’Av, when Jews mourn the destruction of the temples that once stood on the Temple Mount and other disasters in Jewish history.

The Jerusalem Post reports that Jewish were only allowed to ascend after four police officers and a handful of Jewish and Muslim people were injured in events. In reports indicate that the head of the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf was also injured in the riots on Sunday.
Police forces stormed the Temple Mount area, firing stun grenades and using other means to disperse crowds of Muslim worshipers who were protesting the gathering of Jews at the entrance to the mount.

Via Jerusalem Post/ Times of Israel