[UPDATED WITH ULTIMATUM] Hundreds injured after Palestinians rioted at Temple Mount and attacked Israeli police with rocks

by The Right Scoop

Hundreds of palestinians rioted and attacked Israeli police from the Temple Mount last night with rocks during Ramadan, causing the Israeli police to rush in and defend themselves. This led to many palestinians being injured, including some of the Israeli police officers:

TIMES OF ISRAEL – Hundreds of Palestinian protesters and at least 21 police officers were injured throughout Monday morning in fierce clashes on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, according to medical officials and police.

The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that 305 people were hurt in the confrontation between Palestinians and police, as the latter burst onto the Temple Mount and into its Al-Aqsa Mosque. The Israel Police said rioters had been hurling rocks and other objects from the holy site and launching fireworks at officers, leading them to enter the compound, a relatively uncommon move by Israeli security forces.
Riot police responded with tear gas, stun grenades and rubber-coated bullets.

Around 205 Palestinians were hospitalized, of whom seven were in serious condition, the first aid organization reported. At least 21 police officers were injured, including one who required hospitalization, police said.

Police entered the Temple Mount compound in the morning after thousands of Palestinians gathered in the compound overnight, having collected numerous rocks and other makeshift weapons. Police said dozens of rioters attacked a police post and started hurling rocks from the Temple Mount toward a road south of the compound, blocking the road but causing no injuries or damage.

That prompted police to enter the Temple Mount area. Officers were attacked and responded with stun grenades, police said. The Palestinian Red Crescent said hundreds were injured, as footage posted on social media showed some of the clashes.

Here’s video:

 
There was also a terrible incident caught on video in the city where Palestinians threw rocks at a car and tried to drag the Jewish man and his passengers out:

In one incident outside the Old City, Palestinian rioters hurled rocks and other objects at a Jewish man’s car and tried to drag him and his two passengers out of it before the driver sped into one of the assailants.

A police officer who was nearby ran to the scene and protected the driver and the passengers, who were mildly injured, as rioters attempted to attack them. The officer fired his pistol into the air to keep the mob away, police said.

The driver and passenger were taken to Jerusalem’s Hadassah Mount Scopus Medical Center for treatment. The condition of the Palestinian man who was hit by the car was not immediately known, though he could be seen in video footage walking away after the crash.

All of this is going on while terrorists in the Gaza strip continue to fire rockets into Southern Israel, which has been going on for a couple of weeks now. You can fully expect the Biden administration to side with the Palestinians in all of this, even though they are clearly the aggressors.

 
UPDATE: It looks like things are going to escalate even more:


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