Tens of thousands of Palestinians pray in Al Aqsa amid a tense calm after the escalation of incidents
The prayer took place at a time of extreme tension, on the third Friday of Ramadan, after the Israeli Police broke into the mosque, which began a series of attacks between Hamas and Israel and ended in the death of two settlers. israelis.
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Around 100,000 Muslims have completed the third Friday of Ramadan between prayers in al aqsa mosque in jerusalemin a moment of tense calm after two days of clashes and shelling, after the Israeli Police stormed the temple and beat up the faithful.
The prayer came at a time of extreme tension after the Israeli police broke into the mosque, which started a series of bombardments between Hamas and Israel. Besides, two settlers have been killed in the West Bank in an alleged Palestinian attack.
Media such as the Palestinian agency Maan or the news portal The New Arab have denounced that the Israeli Police have attacked dozens of faithful in the morning who were trying to enter the mosque to perform the Fajr prayer, by preventing those under 40 years of age They entered the sacred precinct.
Although the midday prayer took place calmly, hundreds of people waved Palestinian flags and those of the Islamist Hamas movement, and also applauded the attack where two people were killed, according to reports from The Times of Israel.
On the other hand, the Wafa agency has reported that at least three young Palestinians have been injured by shots from Israeli forces in two raids in the West Bank.
In Kafr Qasem, several vehicles have been burned and have painted a Star of David and the slogan “price tag”, an expression used by Israeli settlers against the Palestinian and Arab population of Israel.
48 hours of violent escalation
During the early morning, the Israeli Army has bombarded the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon, in response to rockets launched from the Strip and neighboring Israel. Hours later, the Lebanese government has announced that it will file a complaint with the United Nations Security Council (UN) on the understanding that the Israeli bombings represent 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 that took place early Friday morning, and has accused Israel of “violating the sovereignty of brotherly Arab countries”.
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Source: Eitb
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