Dozens of Palestinians injured in al-Aqsa Mosque after Israeli forces storm

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Dozens of Palestinians were injured in al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Sunday ; Day of Eid-Ul-Azha ; when clashes erupted between worshippers and Israeli forces.

Muslims refer to this place as the Al-Aqsa mosque compound and Jews refer to as the Temple Mount. It is the holiest site for Jews and the third holiest for Muslims.

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It has long been a flashpoint in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Israeli police barred entry to the compound to Jewish visitors on Sunday while thousands of Muslims had flocked to the site early Sunday for Eid al-Adha prayers before clashes erupted.

It was not immediately clear what sparked the violence at the site.