Israeli Police Clash At Al-Aqsa Mosque

Israeli police have clashed with dozens of Palestinian worshipers at Jerusalem’s contested holy site.

Police say they conducted a per-dawn raid after what they called “agitators” with fireworks, sticks and stones shut themselves inside the al-aqsa mosque.

Palestinians say 14 people were hurt after the police used stun grenades and rubber bullets to clear out the group.

At least nine rockets were later fired from the Gaza strip into Israel, with air alert sirens sounding near Sderot.

The Israeli army said five rockets were intercepted, and another four “landed in open areas”.

No group has so far claimed responsibility – but it is believed that the militant group Hamas approved the firing.

Hamas’ deputy head Saleh Al-arouri warned that “attacking Islamic sanctifies will have a great price and we will burn the ground under their [Israeli] feet”.

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The Israeli military later said its war planes targeted militant sites.

The clashes in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem started after a number of Palestinian worshiper had barricaded themselves in the mosque after Ramadan prayers.