Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli police clashed once again on the esplanade, located in East Jerusalem, the Palestinian sector occupied by Israel.
“There were 42 wounded” during these clashes which occurred this Friday morning, reported the Palestinian Red Crescent, while an initial assessment reported 12 wounded.
Of the 42 wounded, 22 were transported to a hospital in Jerusalem, but "none is in serious condition", said the Palestinian Red Crescent.
Rocks against rubber bullets
"Rioters" "thrown stones" which prompted the Israeli police to enter the esplanade and use "means to disperse the crowd", the police said in a statement.
The police fired rubber bullets, according to an AFP journalist on the spot, and tear gas canisters, according to other witnesses.
Over the past two weeks, violent clashes have injured more than 250 Palestinians in and around the Esplanade of the Mosques, Islam's third holiest site and Judaism's holiest site known as the Temple Mount.
The new clashes come as Muslim worshipers mark the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, which is due to end early next week.
These clashes have raised fears of a greater escalation between Israelis and Palestinians, against a backdrop of bloody anti-Israeli attacks and Israeli military operations punctuated by deadly clashes in the occupied West Bank since the end of March.
World
Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Palestinians from Gaza banned from coming to work in Israel after new rocket attacks
World
Israeli-Palestinian conflict: New rocket fire from Gaza towards Israel, dozens injured in Jerusalem
World
Israel
Palestine
Israelo-Palestinian conflict
Jerusalem
Expression
Muslim
Police
Injured