Palestinian medics say 50 hospitalized after Israeli police fire stun grenades at flashpoint Jerusalem holy site

JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian medics say at least 50 people were hospitalized in violent clashes with Israeli Police at a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site. Israeli police clashed with Palestinian protesters inside a flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem’s Old City on Monday. Officers fired tear gas and stun grenades and protesters hurled stones and other objects at police on Monday. Police say protesters threw stones from the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound onto an adjoining roadway. Palestinians reported stun grenades fired into the mosque, with dozens injured. The holy site and the Old City are the emotional ground zero of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The U.S., European countries, the pope and the U.N. secretary general have expressed concern over the growing tensions in Jerusalem and appealed for calm.