Israeli forces raid Al-Aqsa mosque, over 40 Palestinians injured

Forty two Palestinians were injured in a raid by Israeli police forces on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem today [Friday]. According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, the unrest came on the final Friday in the holy month of Ramadan.

The Palestinians say that the presence of Israeli police at the site, and regular visits by increasing numbers of nationalist and religious Jews, are a violation of decades-old informal arrangements governing the site.