More than 200 people were injured at a mosque in Jerusalem after Palestinians clashed with Israeli police, group says

• The clashes occurred outside the al-Aqsa mosque, a significant holy site for Muslims and Jews.
• Videos showed people running away as shots could be heard ringing out.
• Earlier in the day, Israeli troops shot and killed two Palestinian men.

More than 200 Palestinian worshippers were injured after clashing with Israeli police late Friday outside a mosque in Jerusalem, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent, a humanitarian organization.

Police were wearing riot gear and using rubber-coated bullets, which caused most of the injuries, the Red Crescent told CNN. About 20 people with injuries were treated in makeshift field hospitals while 88 people were transferred to hospitals.

Videos shared on social media showed people running away as shots could be heard ringing out, a night of unrest that followed weeks of rising tensions in east Jerusalem.

The Palestinian worshippers had been praying at the al-Aqsa mosque, a significant holy site that is sacred to Muslims and Jews.

Earlier in the day, Israeli troops shot and killed two Palestinian men who had attacked a military base in the West Bank, the Associated Press reported. The increase in unrest comes during Ramadan, the Muslim holy month.

There's been ongoing tension in East Jerusalem over the possible eviction of six Palestinian families living in the Sheik Jarrah neighborhood, The New York Times reported.

On Monday, the Israeli Supreme Court is expected to decide on whether the families should be evicted and their property given to Jewish settlers.

Riot police and far-right Israeli groups have clashed with Palestinian protesters who gathered almost every night for the past week, the Times reported.

Protesters would hold vigils after the iftar meal and end up clashing with Israeli police who have charged at them on horseback, sprayed them with skunk water, and thrown stun grenades, the Times reported.

Jewish settlers and activists have said the Palestinians are on their land.

"I would ask you," Aryeh King, a settler leader and deputy mayor of Jerusalem said, "if you are the owner of the property and somebody is squatting on your property, wouldn't you have the right to take him out from your property?"

Palestinians have said the evictions were an effort to rid the area of Arabs.

"They don't want Arabs here, or across East Jerusalem," Abdelfatah Skafi, 71, one of the Palestinians facing eviction, said during a protest this week. "They want to expel the Arabs, and that way they will be able to surround the Old City,"