Fri 15 April 2022:
Israeli police have raided the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem, with medics saying at least 152 Palestinians have been injured in the ensuing violence.
The Islamic endowment that runs the site said Israeli police entered in force before dawn on Friday, as thousands of worshippers were gathered at the mosque for early morning prayers.
Videos circulating online showed Palestinians throwing rocks and police firing tear gas and stun grenades. Others showed worshippers barricading themselves inside the mosque amid what appeared to be clouds of tear gas.
Palestinians cleaning the inside of the blessed Qibly mosque (of the Al Aqsa compound) after IOF invaded and desecrated it. #AlAqsaUnderAttack pic.twitter.com/SIHbsz52m3
— PoeticPraxiss (@PoeticPraxiss) April 15, 2022
#AlAqsaUnderAttack 💔🇵🇸 #Palestine
Look the brutality 😠!
The Occupation soldiers aggressively pushing elderly worshippers at one of the gates of Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem in Palestine#اقتحام_رمضان #المسجد_الأقصى #القدس #الأقصى #فلسطين_قضيتي #فلسطين#AlAqsa #Jerusalem #Ramadan pic.twitter.com/ZatkBNdtQA— Islam Essa🇵🇸#Gaza🙋♀️👑 (@IslamEssa_Gaza) April 15, 2022
The Palestinian Red Crescent emergency service said it evacuated the majority of the wounded to hospitals. The endowment said one of the guards at the site was shot in the eye with a rubber bullet.
The Palestinian Red Crescent added that Israeli forces had hindered the arrival of ambulances and paramedics from reaching the mosqu, as Palestinian media said dozens of injured worshippers remained trapped inside the compound.
#Palestine 🔥🇵🇸💔 #فلسطين
Palestine’s Today,The occupation forces detain dozens of Palestinian worshippers inside Al Qibli mosque at Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem,although most of them are injuries#اقتحام_رمضان #المسجد_الأقصى #القدس #الأقصى #رمضان#AlAqsaUnderAttack #FreePalestine pic.twitter.com/8GM41RrdCu— Islam Essa🇵🇸#Gaza🙋♀️👑 (@IslamEssa_Gaza) April 15, 2022
*Breaking News||* Israeli occupation forces smash Al-Aqsa mosque windows, in an attempt to reach to Palestinians in it. pic.twitter.com/aeLvnJUnsm
— Aya Isleem 🇵🇸 #Gaza (@AyaIsleemEn) April 15, 2022
Israeli police forces said they arrested at least 300 Palestinians during the latest escalation.
Israeli police said they entered the compound, the third holiest site in Islam and revered by Jews as the Temple Mount, to break up a “violent” crowd that remained at the end of the morning prayers.
They said they went in “to disperse and push back” the crowd after a group of Palestinians began throwing rocks towards the nearby Jewish prayer space of the Western Wall.
Reporting from Damascus Gate, Al Jazeera’s Najwan al-Samri said Israeli police forces stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound without pretext and assaulted worshippers near the Qibly prayer hall following the morning prayer.
Palestinian child lost his consciousness after being shot in the chest with a rubber bullet at Al Aqsa mosque pic.twitter.com/GgL9bBidvC
— Ahmed Shameya (@Ahmedwsh95) April 15, 2022
BREAKING: Palestinian Red Crescent reports 7 people injured in #Jerusalem as Israeli forces storm the Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound using stun grenades & tear gas. Is this a repeat of last Ramadan’s horrifying events? #ISRAEL #PALESTINE pic.twitter.com/5l3om5T0eO
— Arwa Ibrahim (@arwaib) April 15, 2022
Israeli forces using rubber bullets against Palestinian worshippers in Al-Aqsa Mosque. Colonial violence is the norm. pic.twitter.com/VDkwjUwZ7f
— #FreeAhmadManasra (@m7mdkurd) April 15, 2022
Defenseless Palestinian men attempt to protect Al-Aqsa Mosque from the heavily armed occupation forces with their bodies and empty hands.#AlAqsaUnderAttack pic.twitter.com/aNOZuwFc0P
— DAYS OF PALESTINEᅠ (@DaysOfPal) April 15, 2022
BREAKING: Israeli occupation forces arrest a Palestinian child in Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem. pic.twitter.com/JcIezlQuQt
— PALESTINE ONLINE 🇵🇸 (@OnlinePalEng) April 15, 2022
Israeli occupation forces savagely attack elderly Palestinian men in Al-Aqsa Mosque courtyards in occupied Jerusalem. pic.twitter.com/7wxrovKquN
— DAYS OF PALESTINEᅠ (@DaysOfPal) April 15, 2022
Israeli occupation forces break into #AlAqsaMosque rn
An terrifying sense of deja vu #Israel pic.twitter.com/4aSpKzRC1O
— Abier (@abierkhatib) April 15, 2022
WATCH: Israeli forces attack worshippers within the al Aqsa mosque this morning, climbing on top of the building and breaking windows, firing bullets and throwing bombs inside. Inside, worshippers were making their first prayers of the day. pic.twitter.com/WTOOyasotj
— Good Shepherd Collective (@Shepherds4Good) April 15, 2022
The moment when Israeli occupation forces assaulted a young Palestinian woman while she was documenting the Israeli crack down on worshippers at Al Aqsa mosque. pic.twitter.com/1kdYSVtLss
— PALESTINE SUNBIRD 🇵🇸 (@SBPal_Eng) April 15, 2022
What is happening in Al-Aqsa Mosque is an unprecedented provocation of the feelings of Muslims around the world.
Al-Aqsa mosque has great merits, and high status in the hearts of Muslims.
The Israeli occupation must be held accountable for violating the freedom of worship! pic.twitter.com/lKoCiHKYvg
— DAYS OF PALESTINEᅠ (@DaysOfPal) April 15, 2022
Press coverage: “Documenting Israeli occupation forces’ smashing the upper windows of Al-Qibli prayer hall in Al-Aqsa Mosque to facilitate targeting worshipers inside it this morning.” pic.twitter.com/gzAfqEyKJc
— AlQastal News (@QastalNewsEn) April 15, 2022
She added that the escalation came as far-right Jewish groups called for raids of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the Jewish Passover holiday, and the offering of animal sacrifices in its courtyards, which has not occurred since ancient times.
Tensions have escalated in recent weeks. Israel has been carrying out arrests and military raids in the illegally occupied West Bank, in the wake of a series of deadly attacks by Palestinians inside Israel, setting off clashes in which several Palestinians have been killed, including seven since Wednesday.
Tens of thousands of Palestinians are expected to gather at Al-Aqsa for Friday afternoon prayers, as Muslims observe the holy month of Ramadan.
Weeks of protests and raids on Al-Aqsa during Ramadan last year escalated into an 11-day assault on the besieged Gaza Strip.
The war led to the deaths of at least 260 Palestinians, as well as 13 Israelis, and significant destruction to the already impoverished territory.
Ramadan this year coincides with the Jewish Passover holiday and Christian holy week, bringing thousands of pilgrims and other visitors to Jerusalem.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES
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