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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Sinan Abu Mayzer

Violence erupts again at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque

Israeli border policemen take position near Al-Aqsa compound also known to Jews as the Temple Mount, while tension arise during clashes with Palestinians in Jerusalem's Old City, April 5, 2023. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Israeli police clashed with Palestinians at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque a second time on Wednesday, witnesses said, hours after the arrest and removal of more than 350 people in a police raid at the compound and despite a U.S. appeal to ease tensions.

The confrontations, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and on the eve of the Jewish Passover holiday, triggered a cross-border exchange of fire in Gaza and stoked fears of further violence.

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