The prayers took place at a time of extreme tension, on the third Friday of Ramadan, after Israeli police broke into the mosque, which began a series of attacks between Hamas and Israel that ended in the deaths of two settlers.
About 100,000 Muslims have completed the third Friday of Ramadan prayers in the al aqsa mosque in jerusalemin a moment of tense calm after two days of clashes and shelling, after Israeli police stormed the temple and beat up the worshipers.
The prayer came at a time of extreme tension after Israeli police broke into the mosque, sparking a series of bombings between Hamas and Israel. In addition, two settlers have been killed in the West Bank in an alleged Palestinian attack.
Media such as the Palestinian bureau Maan or the news portal The New Arab have denounced that the Israeli police attacked dozens of worshipers in the morning who tried to enter the mosque to perform Fajr prayer, by preventing them from being under the age of were 40 years old. entered the sacred precinct.
Though the afternoon prayers passed peacefully, hundreds of people waved Palestinian flags and those of the Islamist Hamas movement, also cheering the attack that left two people dead, according to reports from The Times of Israel.
On the other hand, the Wafa agency has reported that at least three young Palestinians were wounded by shots fired by Israeli forces in two raids in the West Bank.
In Kafr Qasem, several vehicles have been set on fire and painted a Star of David and the slogan “price tag”, a phrase used by Israeli settlers against the Palestinian and Arab population of Israel.
48 hours of violent escalation
In the early morning, the Israeli army bombarded the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon in response to rockets launched from the Strip and neighboring Israel. Hours later, the Lebanese government announced that it will file a complaint with the United Nations (UN) Security Council, alleging that the Israeli bombing constitutes a “flagrant violation of its sovereignty”.
The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahuhas assured that Israel will “fight back against its enemies”.
The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) has strongly condemned the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) airstrikes on Lebanon early Friday morning, accusing Israel of “violating the sovereignty of brotherly Arab countries”.
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Source: EITB
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