The 37-acre compound is the holiest site in Judaism, and the third holiest in Islam. Jews call it the Temple Mount, Muslims the Noble Sanctuary. It has been a focus of increasing tension and violence in recent months. On Wednesday, before the weeklong Sukkot festival, three officers were hurt, and nine Palestinians were arrested in a confrontation where, Mr. Rosenfeld said, the police used stun grenades to disperse a crowd throwing stones, firebombs and other projectiles.

Image An officer prevented Palestinians from entering the site of Al Aksa Mosque on Monday. Credit... Ahmad Gharabli/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

The United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, said Monday that he was “deeply concerned by repeated provocations at the holy sites in Jerusalem.” First in a joint news conference with the Palestinian prime minister in the West Bank city of Ramallah, and later in an appearance here in Jerusalem with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, Mr. Ban said, “These only inflame tensions and must stop.”

Mr. Ban also condemned Israeli settlement activity in East Jerusalem, and said, during the appearance with Mr. Netanyahu, “After this difficult summer for Palestinians and Israelis, both sides need to take steps to build trust and confidence.”

Mr. Netanyahu said that “Israel is committed to maintaining the status quo” on the Temple Mount “exactly as it has been for many decades.” Israel seized the site along with the rest of the Old City in 1967 but immediately handed it over to the Muslim authorities. The Israeli police handle security and generally prohibit Jews from praying on the Mount, the subject of growing protest from some Israelis, including Mr. Feiglin.

Mr. Netanyahu on Monday blamed “Palestinian extremists” for spreading “false and baseless rumors that we are threatening the Muslim holy places,” adding, “Nothing could be further from the truth.”