The incident is the latest outbreak in a recent surge in violence that has raised fears of a slide back to wider conflict.
At least 152 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli riot police inside Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Friday , the latest outbreak in a recent surge in violence that has raised fears of a slide back to wider conflict.Jordan condemned the Israeli police move into the compound
Confrontations at the Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem's walled Old City could potentially pose the risk of a relapse into a broader conflagration like the one which tooThe Al-Aqsa compound sits atop the Old City plateau of East Jerusalem, which was captured by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war, and is known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif, or The Noble Sanctuary, and to Jews as Temple Mount.
Israeli Border Police guard a checkpoint used by Palestinians to cross from the West Bank into Jerusalem. The Palestinian Foreign Ministry, referring to the violence in the holy compound, said it "holds Israel fully and directly responsible for this crime and its consequences".
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