Hundreds of Palestinian worshippers were injured after Israeli soldiers attacked Al Aqsa Mosque during morning prayers. Israeli police invaded the mosque early sunrise, according to mosque officials, after 7 Palestinians were killed since Wednesday.
At least 90 Palestinians were injured in the rioting that followed an Israeli raid on the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, according to medics.
Israeli police arrived at the mosque before daybreak on Friday, according to the Islamic endowment that maintains the facility, as thousands of worshippers gathered for early morning prayers.
Palestinians hurled rocks at police, who fired tear gas and stun grenades, according to videos circulating on the internet. Others showed people barricading themselves inside the mosque in the midst of tear gas clouds.
The majority of the wounded were taken to hospitals, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent emergency agency. According to the endowment, a rubber bullet struck one of the site’s guards in the eye.
According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, Israeli police have prevented ambulances and paramedics from reaching the mosque, despite Palestinian media reports that dozens of injured worshippers are still stuck inside.
Israeli police said they entered the compound, which is regarded as Islam’s third holiest site and is known to Jews as the Temple Mount, to disperse a “violent” gathering that had gathered after morning prayers.
After a mob of Palestinians began throwing rocks at the nearby Jewish prayer site at the Western Wall, they said they moved in “to disperse and push back” the crowd.
Al-Aqsa is the name of a silver-domed mosque located within a 35-acre site known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif, or the Noble Sanctuary, and to Jews as the Temple Mount. The compound is located in Jerusalem’s Old City, which has been classified as a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Cultural Organization, UNESCO, and is significant to all three Abrahamic religions.
