Dozens hurt in fresh clashes at Al-Aqsa site

JERUSALEM, Apr 29 (AFP): Fresh clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound injured 42 people on the last Friday of Ramadan, following weeks of violence at the flashpoint religious site.
The Palestinian Red Crescent, which gave the injury toll, said no one was seriously hurt but 22 people were taken to hospital.
Israeli police released footage that showed young men on the compound hurling stones and fireworks in Friday's early hours. Officers entered the site at dawn.
A police statement said they went in to contain "rioters and lawbreakers" some of whom were trying to throw stones down towards the Western Wall, the sacred Jewish site below Al-Aqsa.
Police said officers used "riot dispersal means" to contain the unrest and that three people had been arrested, two for throwing stones and one for "inciting the mob".
A uneasy calm had been restored at the compound following the unrest that surrounded morning prayers, but tensions remained high. Tens of thousands of Muslim worshippers were expected at Al-Aqsa throughout the day.
Over the past two weeks, nearly 300 Palestinians have been injured in Al-Aqsa clashes, Islam's third-holiest site which is also the most holy site for Jews, who call it the Temple Mount.