Hi °C | Lo °C Israeli police firing stun grenades faced off last night against masked Palestinian protesters hurling stones and chairs outside the Holy Land's most volatile shrine, where past violence has escalated into prolonged conflict.
A wall of Israeli riot police behind plexiglass shields marched toward young men covering their faces with scarves, sending many of them running for cover into the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, one of the Islamic structures in the compound known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary.
They remained in the mosque with police outside for several hours until dispersing before dusk. No injuries were reported.
