From the Liveblog of
Thursday, July 27, 2017
46 said injured in fresh Temple Mount clashes
Clashes erupt between Israeli police and Palestinians at the Temple Mount as thousands of Muslim worshipers entered the holy site, marking an end to a boycott of the compound over new Israeli security measures.
According to eyewitnesses, the clashes erupted shortly after the worshipers entered the Temple Mount compound.
The Palestinian Red Crescent reports that 46 people are wounded both inside the compound and in the immediate area.
Thousands of worshipers began streaming into the Temple Mount compound earlier this afternoon after reports the Huta Gate, north of the Temple Mount, had been reopened by Israeli police.
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But eyewitnesses at the scene tell the The Times of Israel that police had opened and closed the gate several times, before using stun grenades to disperse crowds gathered there.
The Huta Gate is now closed and police have barricaded off the area.
Video footage from atop the Temple Mount appears to security forces dispersing protesters with tear gas.
The reasons for the clashes inside the compound were not immediately clear.
The reopening of the Huta Gate was final condition of Muslim worshipers who demanded the security measures be returned to what they were before a July 14 terror attack outside the site in which three Arab Israelis killed two Israeli police officers with guns that had been smuggled into the site.
— Dov Lieber, agencies
The Times of Israel Community.