Palestinian Rioters Attack Police on Temple Mount

(Times of Israel) Dozens of masked Palestinians hurled rocks, firebombs and firecrackers at police at the Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem Sunday morning, before being pushed back into the Al-Aqsa Mosque by security forces. The Palestinians had stockpiled explosives inside the mosque, with the intention of attacking thousands of Jewish worshipers gathered nearby for prayers at the Western Wall on Tisha B'Av, a fast day that commemorates the destruction of the first and second Jewish Temples.


2015-07-27 00:00:00

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