Jerusalem ( CNN ) -- Dozens of Israeli security personnel stormed the compound housing the al-Aqsa mosque Friday after Palestinians threw rocks at nearby police , according to Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld . More than 100 Palestinians began throwing rocks at a police location following Friday prayers , prompting the police to enter the compound , Rosenfeld said . According to witnesses , Israeli forces used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the Palestinians . Ziad Hammouri , the director of Palestinian Jerusalem Center for Socio-Economic Rights , said a number of Palestinians were arrested and there were reports of some injuries . The disturbances mark the latest in a series of clashes and rock-throwing incidents around the compound in the past week , amid reports that Israeli authorities were allowing right-wing Jewish activists access to the site in order to stoke tensions with Palestinians .
Israeli security personnel enter mosque compound after Palestinians throw rocks at police . The incident occurred in the West Bank city of Hebron on Friday as hundreds of Palestinian protesters clashed with police.