Clashes At Jerusalem's Temple Mount - Hamas Calls For 'Day Of Rage'

Clashes reported at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount after Hamas calls for ‘day of rage’

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Friday’s events as they unfold

Palestinians say 15 injured in renewed clashes at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount

Clashes between police and Muslim rioters in Jerusalem's Temple Mount following Friday prayers and a ceasefire in Gaza, May 21, 2021. (Screenshot: Twiiter)

The Palestinian Red Crescent reports 15 people injured in clashes between Palestinians and police at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount flashpoint holy site.

Jerusalem Police say that immediately as Friday prayers ended, hundreds of young Muslims began rioting, throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails at police forces.

Officers were then ordered to enter the site to quell the unrest and disperse the crowd.

The incident comes amid calls by the Hamas terror group for a “day of rage” in the capital. Though Hamas has halted rocket fire to Israel as a ceasefire takes effect in Gaza, it is trying to keep the unrest going on in Jerusalem, where tensions over the Temple Mount and planned evictions of Palestinians in the Shiekh Jarrah neighborhood caused the fighting to erupt.

Clashes reported at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount after Hamas calls for ‘day of rage’

Riots and clashes are being reported in and around the Temple Mount flashpoint holy site, as Muslim worshipers end Friday prayers at its Al-Aqsa Mosque amid calls by the Hamas terror group for a “day of rage” in the capital.

Police reportedly entered the compound after rioters hurled rocks from inside the site, and are using riot control methods, including stun grenades, to quell the unrest.

Though Hamas has halted rocket fire to Israel as a ceasefire takes effect in Gaza, it is trying to keep the unrest going on in Jerusalem, where tensions over the Temple Mount and planned evictions of Palestinians in Shiekh Jarrah caused the fighting to erupt.