On the other hand, a 17-year-old Palestinian died this Friday after being injured in clashes with Israeli forces in the north of the West Bank.
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153 Palestinians have been injured this Friday in clashes with the Israel Police in the Esplanade of the Mosques in Jerusalem, as reported by the Palestinian Red Crescent. Among them are two people in serious condition. In addition, a 17-year-old Palestinian has died after being injured in Jeninnorth of the West Bank.
Clashes between Palestinians and the Israel Police broke out this Friday early in the Esplanade of the Mosques in Jerusalem. According to the Israeli Police, the demonstrators have begun to throw stones and fireworks at the Israeli agents and to pile stones and other objects to set up barricades.
Israeli agents have claimed that some Palestinians have barricaded themselves inside the Al Aqsa mosque, from where they have thrown more stones. According to the Wafa news agency, Israeli forces have stormed the courtyards of the mosque and have fired stun grenades, tear gas and rubber-coated bullets.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry has made it clear in a statement that Israeli agents will not they have entered the Al Aqsa Mosque, which is the third holiest place in Islam. However, in a video published on social networks and collected by the newspaper The Times of Israel It can be seen that the agents have entered the place.
In this latest escalation of violence a total of 14 people have died.
The Palestinian authorities denounce an “assault” on the Al Aqsa mosque and consider it “a declaration of war”
Nabil Abu Rudeina, spokesman for the president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, has considered the “assault” on Al Aqsa as “a declaration of war” on the Palestinian people, for which he has called for an “immediate intervention” of the international community ” to stop this barbaric Israeli aggression” and “so that things don’t get out of control”.
On the other hand, the Israeli Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett, has assured on his Twitter account that the authorities are working “to provide security for Israeli citizens.” Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid has stated that Israel is committed to guaranteeing “freedom of worship” for people “of all faiths in Jerusalem.” In a statement, he has described the clashes of the day as “unacceptable”.
Source: Eitb
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