Israeli police have stormed the compound of one of Jerusalem's holiest sites after violence broke out involving hundreds of Palestinian worshippers and members of the Israeli security forces.
Israeli police used stun grenades to subdue the demonstrators who began throwing stones after Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City, police spokesman Shmulik Ben-Ruby said. No one was injured in the incident.
The compound - known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as Haram al-Sharif - is one of the most sensitive spots in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The shrine, site of the biblical Jewish temples, holds the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa mosques. Violence that erupted on the compound in September 2000 following a visit by Ariel Sharon - then-opposition leader - evolved into the current uprising.
