Mosques Esplanade – Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP
A fire, visible for more than two kilometers around, broke out this Monday evening in the grounds of the Esplanade des Mosques in Jerusalem, the third holiest site of Islam where thousands of worshipers were found. evening prayer.
The cause of this fire was not immediately known. Earlier in the day, clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli police left more than 300 injured at the Mosque Esplanade, named the Temple Mount by the Jews, and rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel.