Palestinians barricaded themselves Sunday morning, just before Rosh Hashanah, inside the mosque on the Temple Mount.
Those barricaded inside collected stones and firecrackers and set up blockades composed of shoe racks, steel bars, rope tied to the doors of the mosque, massive umbrellas, nets and more to prevent the closing of the mosque's last front door.
The police said that forces under the command of the District Commander, Major General Moshe Edri, surprised the rioters and entered the Temple Mount area at around 6.45am, in order to allow the start of visits to the mountain area at its usual time.
As soon as police and border police forces entered the area masked men fled into the mosque and started throwing dozens of rocks and stone blocks at the forces along with dozens of fireworks fired directly at police.