ISRAELI POLICE STORM AL-AQSA MOSQUE FOR SECOND NIGHT IN A ROW

Thu 06 Apr 2023:

Armed Israeli police stormed the prayer hall of Al-Aqsa Mosque, attacking Palestinian worshippers for the second night in a row.

Videos from the holy site have begun to emerge, showing a scene reminiscent of the night earlier, when Israeli police armed with batons, tear gas grenades and smoke bombs, burst into the mosque and beat worshippers, including women.

Six Palestinians injured, according to Palestinian Red Crescent

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society has said that at least six Palestinians have been injured by Israeli police who have stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Israeli forces are using stun grenades, rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas, videos emerging from the site are showing.

Israeli police storm Al-Aqsa Mosque for second night in a row#AlAqsa #AlAqsaMosque #Palestine #الأقصى_في_خطر pic.twitter.com/ac1QzrWi01

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Acts in Al-Aqsa Mosque compound a ‘red line’

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had earlier condemned the Israeli police raid overnight on Wednesday, calling such acts in the mosque compound a “red line” for Turkey.

“I condemn the vile acts against the first qibla of Muslims in the name of my country and people, and I call for the attacks to be halted as soon as possible,” Erdogan said.

“The name of this is the politics of repression, the politics of blood, the politics of provocation. Turkey can never remain silent and unmoved in the face of these attacks. Putting a hand on Al-Aqsa Mosque and trampling on its sanctity is a red line for us.”

Read more on how the world reacted to Israel’s attack on Al Aqsa Mosque.

President Erdogan warns Israel to stop attacks on Al Aqsa Mosque, adding people of Palestine are not alone#AlAqsa #AlAqsaMosque #Palestine #الأقصى_في_خطر pic.twitter.com/pTmRPg2hjF

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PA spokesman: Israeli raid into Al-Aqsa ‘slap to US efforts’ to establish calm

Nabil Abu Rudeineh, a spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, has said: “Israel’s raid into Al-Aqsa mosque, its assault on worshippers, is a slap to recent US efforts which tried to create calm and stability during the month of Ramadan.”

Abu Rudeineh is referring to the summits held in the Egyptian and Jordanian towns of Sharm el-Sheikh and Aqaba respectively, where officials from the US, Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Egypt and Jordan agreed on a series of steps to de-escalate violence in the occupied territories.

Mass demonstration in Istanbul in support of Al-Aqsa mosque. #AlAqsa #AlAqsaMosque #Palestine #الأقصى_في_خطر pic.twitter.com/GzCjDjGEYK

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Arab League holds emergency meeting, condemns Israeli action

The Arab League — a regional organisation that includes 22 member countries — is holding an emergency meeting on the raids at Al-Aqsa mosque.

Hossam Zaki, the assistant secretary general of the Arab League, told Al Jazeera, “We lay the blame totally and squarely on the Israeli government.”

“We are going to work, politically and diplomatically, to expose what Israel has been doing,” he continued.

“It’s not that we need another excuse from the Israeli occupation forces to storm in the Al-Aqsa mosque. They never run out of excuses. They always tell you that there will be youth barricading, amassing guns and so on. We’ve heard it so many times. It is almost irrelevant at this point. This is a government that is bent on harming the Palestinian population.”

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