HELD JERUSALEM: Israeli media reported Wednesday that a United Nations report calls on Israel to immediately halt work at a Jerusalem holy site that has angered Muslims around the world,.

But the report by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization says Israel isn't harming Muslim shrines there, media reported.

Excavation work on a ramp leading up to the Al-Aqsa Mosque sparked clashes between police and Muslims in Jerusalem last month and touched off fierce criticism throughout the Muslim world.

Muslims fear the work will harm Islamic shrines on the hilltop compound.

According to the Haaretz, Yediot Ahronot and Jerusalem Post newspapers the UNESCO report said Israel should have sought the advice of international organizations before it started the work last month.