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Clash at Al-Aqsa Mosque leaves several wounded

The clashes on Friday came as the Israeli military carried out airstrikes in Gaza in response to continuing incendiary balloons.

Members of the Israeli security forces detain a Palestinian man in front of the Dome of the Rock mosque following Friday prayers in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque complex, on June 18, 2021, as Palestinians protested in response to chants by Israeli ultranationalists targeting Islam's Prophet.
Israeli security forces detain a Palestinian man in front of Al-Aqsa Mosque following Friday prayers in the Jerusalem complex June 18, 2021. — AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images

A number of Palestinian demonstrators were wounded in clashes with Israeli police at the Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem following Friday prayers.

According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, nine Palestinians were injured when Israeli forces fired foam-tipped bullets and stun grenades into the crowd. Three were hospitalized, the emergency service said. 

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