The incident occurred after several hundred Palestinians remained in the mosque after Ramadan prayers on Tuesday night - with 12 Palestinians reportedly injured and dozens arrested.
In a separate incident, a Palestinian teenager was injured after police opened fire on a group in the east Jerusalem district of Silwan.Israeli police detain a Palestinian worshipper at the al Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem
Police say he tried to open the door of a security vehicle and throw a Molotov cocktail inside. The teenager is reportedly in a stable condition.The clashes in al Aqsa compound in Jerusalem's old city, came at the start of the Jewish festival of Passover. Every year, a small group of Jewish activists try to slaughter a goat in the area known as Haram al Sharif to Muslims and also known as the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism.
Israel and the occupied Palestinian West Bank are experiencing one of the deadliest years in decades, however, despite fears that the violence could spiral out of control, the Muslim holy month of Ramadan had been relatively quiet until now. The coincidence of Ramadan and Passover, for a second year running, has meant tensions have been high in Jerusalem and will remain so over the coming days.
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