Israeli police, Palestinians clash in Jerusalem amid rising tensions

TEL AVIV, Israel—Israeli police clashed with Palestinians in and around Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site on Sunday as tensions in the city continued amid a rare overlap of religious holidays.

Israeli police said Sunday they entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound after hundreds of young Palestinians, some wearing masks, began hoarding rocks and iron barricades to prevent Jewish visitors from entering the compound to enter. The Palestinian Red Crescent, a humanitarian organization, said it had treated 17 people injured in the clashes near the mosque.