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- 05.04.2023 10:13:00
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Dozens of Palestinians were injured in a clash with Israeli security forces at the AL-Aqso mosque in Jerusalem, according to Palestinian agency WAFA, citing sources.
According to sources, on the evening of April 4, Israeli forces stormed the mosque prayer room and attacked Palestinians there using noise-dispersing grenades, poison gas, rubber bullets and other means. According to the agency, Israeli security forces that invaded the mosque also used dubinka and landed.
Riyadh al-Ashkar, spokesman for the Palestinian detainee Affairs Committee, told reporters that Israel had captured more than 200 Palestinians at the end of the AL-Aqso raid. According to him, the captured were transferred to an Israeli military base in Jerusalem, Anatolia.
” Some of the injured in the AL-Aqso mosque need immediate treatment, " al — Ashkar and Israel added that they refuse to be treated or sent to hospitals.
The Palestinian Press noted that protests broke out in a number of West Bank cities following the raid. Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayye said that the AL-Aqso mosque incident was a “serious crime against the protesters”.
On April 1, it was reported that Israeli security forces shot and killed a Palestinian boy at one of the entrances to the Temple Mount complex, where the AL-Aqso mosque is located. Palestinian religious witnesses to the incident said that the young man quarreled with them after Israeli forces raped a woman trying to enter a mosque near the AL-Aqso gate. Israeli police shot him. Witnesses said he was shot at least 10 times.
The Israeli side responded that the police stopped the young man for questioning in front of the AL-Aqso mosque, where the young man tried to grab his gun.
