(VOVworld) – Clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian Muslims at the holy site of Al-Aqsa in Jerusalem continued for the third consecutive day on Wednesday.

Muslim women shouts slogans as they protest in front of Israeli border police officers in Jerusalem's Old City, September 15, 2015. (Photo: Reuters)

Police and witnesses said Israeli police firing stun grenades and tear gas clashed with rock-throwing Palestinians who barricaded themselves inside Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque. The head of Jerusalem’s Palestinian Red Crescent Society office, Amin Abu Ghazala, said that at least 26 victims needed medical treatment - for wounds, bruises and/or tear gas inhalation.

On the same day, King Abdullah of Jordan called on the EU and US to take action to prevent increasing tensions at the al-Aqsa mosque, a holy place to both the Muslim and Jewish people. At a meeting with rival groul leaders, King Abdullah said Jordan would continue to supervise and protect the mosque and that increasing tensions could affect Jordanian and Israeli relations.