At least 31 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli police in his band al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem today, according to members of Palestinian rescue teams, in the latest outbreak of violence in a location sacred to Muslims and Jews.
According to the first aid services of the Palestinian Red Crescent, 14 Palestinians were taken to hospital, two with serious injuries.
Israeli police said their forces intervened when Hundreds of people started throwing stones and flares and approached the Western Wall.
Around 04:00, present at the spot threw stones at the Wall of Tearsthe holiest place of prayer for the Jews, near the Temple Square, in the Old City of Jerusalem, according to Israeli police.
The situation remains tense in the Square for the third Friday in a row on the holy month of Ramadan – which coincides with the celebrations for Passover.
Last week, More than 200 people, most of them Palestinians, were injured in the clashes in and around the Square of the Mosques, while they were also launched rockets fired by Palestinian militant groups from the Gaza Strip into Israel and Israeli strikes in retaliation for this Palestinian enclave of 2.3 million people.
The presence of Jewish believers during Ramadan – who can visit the site conditionally and at certain times but not pray there under the current regime – as well as the deployment of Israeli forces at the site is generally considered by Palestinians and many Muslims. countries in the region “challenge” movement.
Arab ministers met in Amman, Jordan condemned the “attacks and Israeli violations against worshipers at al-Aqsa Mosque»an area under Jordanian management, but access to which is controlled by the Jewish state.
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