At least 42 people injured in Al-Aqsa mosque compound by the action taken by Israeli\u2019s police against Palestinian Muslims on Friday.
\nAccording to Palestinian Red Crescent, unrest came out on final Friday of Ramazan.
\nNone of the injuries were serious, the Red Crescent said, adding that 22 people had been taken to hospital.
\nOver the past two weeks, nearly 300 Palestinians have been injured in violence at the Al-Aqsa compound, Islam’s third-holiest site which is the most holy site for Jews, who call it the Temple Mount.
\nIsrael’s police claimed forces entered the compound after \u201crioters\u201d hurled stones and fireworks, including down towards the Western Wall, the sacred Jewish site below Al-Aqsa.
\nThe statement said officers used \u201criot dispersal means\u201d to contain the unrest. According to AFP, witnesses said police fired tear gas and rubber bullets.
\n Police said three people had been arrested, two for throwing stones and one for \u201cinciting the mob\u201d.
\n\u201cFor the past hour, the site has been quiet and (Muslim) worshippers are safely entering (the compound)\u201d police said.
\nBut tensions remain high at the site in the heart of Jerusalem’s old, walled city, part of Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem.
\nIsrael’s incursions into the site during Ramazan have raised global concern, but the Jewish state has insisted it was compelled to act against operatives from the groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad who were seeking to spark widespread unrest across Jerusalem.
\nIn an apparent attempt to ease tensions, Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid has stressed that the government was committed to the status quo at the compound, meaning an adherence to long-standing convention that only Muslims are allowed to pray there.
\nJews are allowed to visit the Temple Mount. Muslim leaders have, however, been angered by a recent uptick in such visits. Some voiced fears that Israel was seeking to divide the compound and create a space where Jews may worship. Lapid told journalists that no such plan exists.
\nViolence in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem has raised fears of another armed conflict similar to an 11-day war last year between Israel and the group Hamas, triggered by similar unrest at Al-Aqsa.
\nRecent weeks have seen isolated rocket fire from Gaza towards Israel and Israeli reprisals, but no casualties reported on either side.
\nThe Al-Aqsa tensions have come against a backdrop of violence since March 22 in Israel and the occupied West Bank.
\nTwelve Israelis, including an Arab-Israeli police officer, and two Ukrainians were killed in four separate attacks inside Israel. Two of the deadly attacks were carried out in the Tel Aviv area by Palestinians.
\nA total of 26 Palestinians and three Israeli Arabs have died during the same period, among them perpetrators of attacks and those killed by Israeli security forces in West Bank operations.
\nMeanwhile, former prime minister and PTI chairman Imran Khan expressed solidarity with the Palestinians against the violence and oppression by Israeli forces.
\nIn his message on Al Quds Day, marked as a protest against the creation of Israel and occupation of Jerusalem, Imran pointed out that every Ramazan, Muslims witnessed condemnable attacks by Israeli forces against worshippers in Al-Aqsa mosque.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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