Israeli police stormed Al-Aqsa mosque compound Sunday, hurling stun grenades at Palestinians who had thrown rocks at them in another eruption of violence at the holy city's most sensitive site. A medic for the Palestinian Red Crescent said six Palestinians were injured. Police reported that three of its officers were hurt. The unrest, following a similar incident a month ago, did not appear to herald any immediate slide into widescale violence that could disrupt US-led efforts to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks suspended since December. But the confrontation between Israeli police in riot gear and rock-throwing Muslims alarmed by rumors right-wing Jews planned to enter the site was a sharp reminder that Occupied Jerusalem remains a cauldron of heated religious and political passions. A police spokesman said 15 people were arrested and that calm had largely returned to the area.
