More than 150 people were injured in riots in Jerusalem when religious holidays clashed.

Over 150 people were injured in skirmishes between Palestinian activists and Israeli police in Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque complex on Friday, the first incident at the flashpoint holy site since Ramadan began.

According to Israeli police, dozens of masked individuals marched into Al-Aqsa, lighting off pyrotechnics before crowds flung stones at the Western Wall, which is considered the holiest spot for Jews to pray.

According to witnesses, Palestinians threw stones at Israeli soldiers, who responded with rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades.

According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, 153 individuals were hospitalised and “dozens” more were treated on the site. According to Israeli authorities, at least three cops were injured.

According to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Club, 400 individuals were detained.

The clashes take place following three weeks of fatal violence in Israel and the occupied West Bank, and coincide with the Jewish Passover and Christian Easter holidays, as well as the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Al-Aqsa is the third holiest location in Islam. The Temple Mount is a term used by Jews to refer to two temples that are claimed to have been there in antiquity.

During the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan last year, skirmishes in Jerusalem, particularly between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians visiting Al-Aqsa, erupted into an 11-day war between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist party that administers the Palestinian enclave of Gaza.

Yair Lapid, Israel’s Foreign Minister, called the “riots” on Friday “unacceptable.”