30 july 2017
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers have abducted, overnight and at dawn Sunday, at least fourteen Palestinians, in different parts of the occupied West Bank.
The PPS said that the soldiers abducted four Palestinians, identified as Hamza Abu Daoud, Mohammad Nathmi al-Jamal, Ahmad Eghneimat and Mohammad Qaisiyya, from the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron.
It added that the soldiers abducted Jamil Hasan Kifaya, Fuad Mustafa and Ahmad Suleiman Abu Eid, in the Ramallah al-Biereh governorate, in central West Bank.
In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Dia’ Mohammad Salam and Abdullah Qassem as-Sa’adi, and injured two other Palestinians.
In Nablus, also in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Rayyan Zoheir Hussein, 22, and Tha’er al-Aghbar.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers abducted two Palestinians, identified as Ehab Ziad Abu Yabes and Mohammad Ma’bad.
In Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted Raed Zghayyar, from his work in Al-Aqsa mosque, and issued an order barring a child from entering the holy site for two months.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers have abducted around 120 Palestinians in Jerusalem, over the past two days, and released most of them later.
The PPS said that the soldiers abducted four Palestinians, identified as Hamza Abu Daoud, Mohammad Nathmi al-Jamal, Ahmad Eghneimat and Mohammad Qaisiyya, from the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron.
It added that the soldiers abducted Jamil Hasan Kifaya, Fuad Mustafa and Ahmad Suleiman Abu Eid, in the Ramallah al-Biereh governorate, in central West Bank.
In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Dia’ Mohammad Salam and Abdullah Qassem as-Sa’adi, and injured two other Palestinians.
In Nablus, also in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Rayyan Zoheir Hussein, 22, and Tha’er al-Aghbar.
In Bethlehem, the soldiers abducted two Palestinians, identified as Ehab Ziad Abu Yabes and Mohammad Ma’bad.
In Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted Raed Zghayyar, from his work in Al-Aqsa mosque, and issued an order barring a child from entering the holy site for two months.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers have abducted around 120 Palestinians in Jerusalem, over the past two days, and released most of them later.
Israeli soldiers abducted, Sunday, a Palestinian who works with the Construction Committee of the Waqf and Endowment Department, in Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem, and issued an order barring a child from entering the holy site for two months.
The WAFA Palestinian News agency has reported that the soldiers abducted Raed Zghayyar, from his work in Al-Aqsa mosque, and moved him to a detention and interrogation center.
WAFA added that the Israeli Authorities also decided to prevent Anas al-Metwer, only fifteen years of age, from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque for two months.
The child was abducted and detained by the police a week ago, after the soldiers stopped him near the Gate of the Tribes.
In related news, the police prevented a Palestinian man, his wife and children, from Umm al-Fahem Arab town, in Haifa District, from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Furthermore, soldiers and officers, deployed at all gates leading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, are still stopping, searching and examining the ID cards of all Palestinians, who are trying to hold prayers in Al-Aqsa and its courtyards.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers have abducted sixteen Palestinians overnight, in Nablus, Jenin, Ramallah, Bethlehem, Hebron, and Jerusalem, in the West Bank.
The WAFA Palestinian News agency has reported that the soldiers abducted Raed Zghayyar, from his work in Al-Aqsa mosque, and moved him to a detention and interrogation center.
WAFA added that the Israeli Authorities also decided to prevent Anas al-Metwer, only fifteen years of age, from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque for two months.
The child was abducted and detained by the police a week ago, after the soldiers stopped him near the Gate of the Tribes.
In related news, the police prevented a Palestinian man, his wife and children, from Umm al-Fahem Arab town, in Haifa District, from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Furthermore, soldiers and officers, deployed at all gates leading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, are still stopping, searching and examining the ID cards of all Palestinians, who are trying to hold prayers in Al-Aqsa and its courtyards.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers have abducted sixteen Palestinians overnight, in Nablus, Jenin, Ramallah, Bethlehem, Hebron, and Jerusalem, in the West Bank.
Eight Palestinians with Israeli citizenship were arrested in Jaffa early Sunday morning as stone throwers clashed with Israeli police following the funeral of a young man shot and killed by the police Saturday morning.
Although Israeli officials tried to restrict the family of the slain Palestinian to holding a small funeral with only a few people present, hundreds of mourners ended up filling the streets, many of them angry about the police killing.
They began to march from the site of the young man’s burial, but were met by throngs of armed Israeli police, who began firing tear gas to break up the funeral procession.
Some young Palestinian men and boys responded to the Israeli attack on the crowd by throwing stones, and the Israeli police began chasing them down and grabbing young men randomly on the street, arresting eight.
Updated from:
Palestinian Killed by Israeli Police in Jaffa; Protesters Fill Streets
Jul 30, 2017 @ 02:30
The Police released his body after holding it for several hours, during which it negotiated with the family of the slain Palestinian, in an attempt to hold a funeral with a limited number of participants.
The Police closed many roads in Jaffa, and boosted its deployment, while dozens marched in the funeral procession chanting against the police.
Updated From:
Palestinian Killed By Israeli Police In Jaffa
July 29, 2017 @ 22:00
Early Saturday, Israeli police shot and killed 22-year old Mahdi al-Saadi, a Palestinian with Israeli citizenship, near the Jaffa port, and moderately wounded another young man.
Police claim that the two tried to shoot at police from a motorcycle, but their families denied those claims. No police were injured.
Following the police killing, the Israeli police held the body of al-Saadi in custody, preventing the family from holding the funeral (Islamic custom requires a funeral to be held as quickly as possible after a death).
Hundreds of people gathered at the family home of al-Saadi, then marched to the Abu Kabir Detention Facility, where his body is being held.
Police say they are negotiating with the family for the release of the body.
At the same time, dozens of heavily-armored Israeli police lined up outside the detention facility where the protesters were gathered. Clashes broke out between Israeli police and Palestinian protesters, in which the Israeli police fired tear gas and concussion grenades at the crowd.
Four were arrested during the protest, including a leader with the Islamic Organization in Jaffa, Abdel-Qader Abu Shehada. Police took the four to the Yftah detention center, where they were subjected to interrogation, according to local sources.
The police arrested four young men, including a member of the Islamic Organization in Jaffa, Abdul Qader Abu Shehada, during the protests against the killing of Saadi, and took them to the police station ‘Yftah’ in the city, where Abu Shehada was arrested from the center of ‘Yvit’, following the clashes that erupted between Police and youths angry at Saadi’s death.
Al-Saadi is the third Palestinian to be killed by Israeli forces in the past 24 hours. On Friday, a 24 year old man was killed at a military base south of Bethlehem, and a 16-year old boy was killed at a protest in Gaza.
Although Israeli officials tried to restrict the family of the slain Palestinian to holding a small funeral with only a few people present, hundreds of mourners ended up filling the streets, many of them angry about the police killing.
They began to march from the site of the young man’s burial, but were met by throngs of armed Israeli police, who began firing tear gas to break up the funeral procession.
Some young Palestinian men and boys responded to the Israeli attack on the crowd by throwing stones, and the Israeli police began chasing them down and grabbing young men randomly on the street, arresting eight.
Updated from:
Palestinian Killed by Israeli Police in Jaffa; Protesters Fill Streets
Jul 30, 2017 @ 02:30
The Police released his body after holding it for several hours, during which it negotiated with the family of the slain Palestinian, in an attempt to hold a funeral with a limited number of participants.
The Police closed many roads in Jaffa, and boosted its deployment, while dozens marched in the funeral procession chanting against the police.
Updated From:
Palestinian Killed By Israeli Police In Jaffa
July 29, 2017 @ 22:00
Early Saturday, Israeli police shot and killed 22-year old Mahdi al-Saadi, a Palestinian with Israeli citizenship, near the Jaffa port, and moderately wounded another young man.
Police claim that the two tried to shoot at police from a motorcycle, but their families denied those claims. No police were injured.
Following the police killing, the Israeli police held the body of al-Saadi in custody, preventing the family from holding the funeral (Islamic custom requires a funeral to be held as quickly as possible after a death).
Hundreds of people gathered at the family home of al-Saadi, then marched to the Abu Kabir Detention Facility, where his body is being held.
Police say they are negotiating with the family for the release of the body.
At the same time, dozens of heavily-armored Israeli police lined up outside the detention facility where the protesters were gathered. Clashes broke out between Israeli police and Palestinian protesters, in which the Israeli police fired tear gas and concussion grenades at the crowd.
Four were arrested during the protest, including a leader with the Islamic Organization in Jaffa, Abdel-Qader Abu Shehada. Police took the four to the Yftah detention center, where they were subjected to interrogation, according to local sources.
The police arrested four young men, including a member of the Islamic Organization in Jaffa, Abdul Qader Abu Shehada, during the protests against the killing of Saadi, and took them to the police station ‘Yftah’ in the city, where Abu Shehada was arrested from the center of ‘Yvit’, following the clashes that erupted between Police and youths angry at Saadi’s death.
Al-Saadi is the third Palestinian to be killed by Israeli forces in the past 24 hours. On Friday, a 24 year old man was killed at a military base south of Bethlehem, and a 16-year old boy was killed at a protest in Gaza.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, the towns of Surif and ath-Thaheriyya, in the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron, and abducted two Palestinians.
The soldiers broke into many homes, violently searched them, and interrogated several Palestinians before abducting two.
Local sources said the soldiers abducted Ahmad Eghneimat from his home in Surif, west of Hebron, and Mohammad Issa Qaisiyya, from his home in ath-Thaheriyya, south of the city.
The soldiers broke into many homes, violently searched them, and interrogated several Palestinians before abducting two.
Local sources said the soldiers abducted Ahmad Eghneimat from his home in Surif, west of Hebron, and Mohammad Issa Qaisiyya, from his home in ath-Thaheriyya, south of the city.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, Jenin refugee camp, in the northern West Bank city Jenin, before storming and searching homes, and abducted two Palestinians. The invasion led to clashes, resulting in the injury of two Palestinians.
Media sources in Jenin said dozens of soldiers invaded the refugee camp, before abducting Dia’ Mohammad Salama, 18, and Abdullah Qassem Sa’adi, 19, from their homes in the refugee camp.
It is worth mentioning that Dia’ is the brother of Aws Salama, who was killed by Israeli army fire on July 12, 2017.
Many local youngsters hurled stones on the invading Israeli military vehicles, while the soldiers fired concussion grenades, gas bombs and live rounds.
Medical sources said the soldiers shot Bassem Ibrahim ‘Ammouri, 17, and Mohammad Osama Alawna, 17, with live rounds in their legs.
Media sources in Jenin said dozens of soldiers invaded the refugee camp, before abducting Dia’ Mohammad Salama, 18, and Abdullah Qassem Sa’adi, 19, from their homes in the refugee camp.
It is worth mentioning that Dia’ is the brother of Aws Salama, who was killed by Israeli army fire on July 12, 2017.
Many local youngsters hurled stones on the invading Israeli military vehicles, while the soldiers fired concussion grenades, gas bombs and live rounds.
Medical sources said the soldiers shot Bassem Ibrahim ‘Ammouri, 17, and Mohammad Osama Alawna, 17, with live rounds in their legs.
22 Palestinian citizens, including children, suffered injuries when Israeli border soldiers stormed al-Eizariya town, east of Occupied Jerusalem, and attacked local residents.
The Red Crescent said its ambulance crews provided three children aged between 7 and 13 with medical assistance after they suffered rubber bullet injuries, adding that 19 other citizens also suffered from inhaling tear gas.
It also said that the soldiers deliberately fired rubber bullets and tear gas at its paramedics.
Local sources affirmed that Israeli troops intensively fired volleys of tear gas and stun grenades at young men in Eizariya and also used rubber bullets against them.
No arrests have been reported during the Israeli military force’s presence in the town.
In a separate incident, Israeli policemen on the same day arrested a Jerusalemite young man called Rami al-Fakhouri in the Old City. The reason for his detention is still unknown.
In Qalqilya, local sources reported that Israeli soldiers detained several young men after storming a school in Azzun town.
The sources did not state if the young men were released later.
The Red Crescent said its ambulance crews provided three children aged between 7 and 13 with medical assistance after they suffered rubber bullet injuries, adding that 19 other citizens also suffered from inhaling tear gas.
It also said that the soldiers deliberately fired rubber bullets and tear gas at its paramedics.
Local sources affirmed that Israeli troops intensively fired volleys of tear gas and stun grenades at young men in Eizariya and also used rubber bullets against them.
No arrests have been reported during the Israeli military force’s presence in the town.
In a separate incident, Israeli policemen on the same day arrested a Jerusalemite young man called Rami al-Fakhouri in the Old City. The reason for his detention is still unknown.
In Qalqilya, local sources reported that Israeli soldiers detained several young men after storming a school in Azzun town.
The sources did not state if the young men were released later.
29 july 2017
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Saturday at dawn, four Palestinians, including one with special needs, in the West Bank governorates of Hebron and Bethlehem.
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded several homes and abducted Majdi Radi al-Juneidi and Abdul-Elah Mohammad Sa’id, 16.
The soldiers also installed roadblocks on roads leading to Yatta town, and the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, in addition to Sa’ir and Halhoul towns, north of Hebron, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, while inspecting the ID cards of the passengers and interrogating some of them.
Furthermore, several army jeeps invaded many neighborhoods in Hebron city, before the soldiers invaded and ransacked homes in the area.
In related news, the soldiers invaded Doha town, west of Bethlehem, and abducted a Palestinian with special needs, identified as Hamza Abdullah al-‘Afifi.
The soldiers also invaded a restaurant in the center of Bethlehem city, and abducted Ahmad Anwar Eghneimat, 21.
On Friday at night, the soldiers shot and injured two Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets, during clashes that took place near the Gate of the Tribes, in occupied East Jerusalem.
The clashes erupted after the soldiers assaulted many Palestinians, and prevented dozens from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded several homes and abducted Majdi Radi al-Juneidi and Abdul-Elah Mohammad Sa’id, 16.
The soldiers also installed roadblocks on roads leading to Yatta town, and the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, in addition to Sa’ir and Halhoul towns, north of Hebron, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, while inspecting the ID cards of the passengers and interrogating some of them.
Furthermore, several army jeeps invaded many neighborhoods in Hebron city, before the soldiers invaded and ransacked homes in the area.
In related news, the soldiers invaded Doha town, west of Bethlehem, and abducted a Palestinian with special needs, identified as Hamza Abdullah al-‘Afifi.
The soldiers also invaded a restaurant in the center of Bethlehem city, and abducted Ahmad Anwar Eghneimat, 21.
On Friday at night, the soldiers shot and injured two Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets, during clashes that took place near the Gate of the Tribes, in occupied East Jerusalem.
The clashes erupted after the soldiers assaulted many Palestinians, and prevented dozens from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
28 july 2017
Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies reported that Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) have escalated random arrest campaigns against Palestinians in the West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem since the Jerusalem anti-occupation attack in which two Israeli police officers were killed two weeks ago.
The Center recorded over 400 arrests among Palestinians including women, minors and political leaders as well as MPs, elderly people and others.
The spokesman of the Center, Riyad al-Ashqar, said that Israeli forces arrested 120 Palestinians at the plazas of al-Aqsa Mosque on Thursday alone. Among the detainees were 13 women including two girls aged 16 and 17 years old.
Ashqar pointed out that the Israeli arrests over the past couple of weeks also affected MP Omar Abdurrazeq, deputy on Salfit governorate, along with a number of Jerusalemite leaders including activist Amjad Abu Asab and the Fatah official in charge of the Jerusalem file Hatem Abdul Qader as well as Fatah Secretary in Occupied Jerusalem Adnan Ghaith.
The Center recorded over 400 arrests among Palestinians including women, minors and political leaders as well as MPs, elderly people and others.
The spokesman of the Center, Riyad al-Ashqar, said that Israeli forces arrested 120 Palestinians at the plazas of al-Aqsa Mosque on Thursday alone. Among the detainees were 13 women including two girls aged 16 and 17 years old.
Ashqar pointed out that the Israeli arrests over the past couple of weeks also affected MP Omar Abdurrazeq, deputy on Salfit governorate, along with a number of Jerusalemite leaders including activist Amjad Abu Asab and the Fatah official in charge of the Jerusalem file Hatem Abdul Qader as well as Fatah Secretary in Occupied Jerusalem Adnan Ghaith.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said he supports the death penalty for Palestinians who are involved in anti-occupation attacks.
“Time has come to impose death penalty,” Netanyahu said during his visit to the family of the three settlers who were killed last Friday in a stabbing attack.
“It’s anchored in the law. You need the judges to rule unanimously on it, but if you want to know the government’s position and my position as prime minister, in a case like this, of a base murderer like this, he should be executed.”
Last Friday, 19-year-old Omar al-Abed, from a nearby West Bank village, was shot and injured for allegedly being involved in a stabbing attack in the illegal settlement of Halamish. Three settlers were proclaimed dead during the incident.
Earlier Sunday, Israeli Army Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, and Education Minister Naftali Bennett urged Israeli military courts to seek the death penalty for al-Abed after Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz had initiated the demand on Saturday night.
Following the incident, Israeli forces notified al-Abed’s family with demolition of their house.
“Time has come to impose death penalty,” Netanyahu said during his visit to the family of the three settlers who were killed last Friday in a stabbing attack.
“It’s anchored in the law. You need the judges to rule unanimously on it, but if you want to know the government’s position and my position as prime minister, in a case like this, of a base murderer like this, he should be executed.”
Last Friday, 19-year-old Omar al-Abed, from a nearby West Bank village, was shot and injured for allegedly being involved in a stabbing attack in the illegal settlement of Halamish. Three settlers were proclaimed dead during the incident.
Earlier Sunday, Israeli Army Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, and Education Minister Naftali Bennett urged Israeli military courts to seek the death penalty for al-Abed after Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz had initiated the demand on Saturday night.
Following the incident, Israeli forces notified al-Abed’s family with demolition of their house.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested at dawn Friday a number of Palestinians from different parts of the West Bank, and notified the family of a slain Palestinian with demolition of their house to the south of Ramallah.
IOF claimed in a statement issued early today that seven Palestinians were rounded up in the pre-dawn raids.
According to our field reporters, three youths were detained in Ramallah including a journalist while three others were arrested in Jenin. A young man was also kidnapped from Dura town in al-Khalil.
Along the same line, several local houses were stormed and violently searched in Kubbar town, north of Ramallah, including Halamish attacker’s house.
IOF later notified the demolition of the house.
Meanwhile, violent clashes broke out when IOF soldiers stormed in large numbers the towns of Qafin and Baqa al-Sharqiyah north of Tulkarem in the northern West Bank in total provocation to local residents.
Teargas inhalation cases were reported during the clashes including five members of the same family.
Raids were also reported in Azzun town to the east of Qalqilia, where a house belonging to Nader Radwan was violently stormed and searched. His family members were investigated during the raid.
IOF erected a military checkpoint at the entrance to the town before leaving the area.
IOF claimed in a statement issued early today that seven Palestinians were rounded up in the pre-dawn raids.
According to our field reporters, three youths were detained in Ramallah including a journalist while three others were arrested in Jenin. A young man was also kidnapped from Dura town in al-Khalil.
Along the same line, several local houses were stormed and violently searched in Kubbar town, north of Ramallah, including Halamish attacker’s house.
IOF later notified the demolition of the house.
Meanwhile, violent clashes broke out when IOF soldiers stormed in large numbers the towns of Qafin and Baqa al-Sharqiyah north of Tulkarem in the northern West Bank in total provocation to local residents.
Teargas inhalation cases were reported during the clashes including five members of the same family.
Raids were also reported in Azzun town to the east of Qalqilia, where a house belonging to Nader Radwan was violently stormed and searched. His family members were investigated during the raid.
IOF erected a military checkpoint at the entrance to the town before leaving the area.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, shortly after midnight, the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, and assaulted hundreds of worshipers, wounding dozens, in addition to shooting 15 worshipers, including two who suffered serious wounds, and six medics, with rubber-coated steel bullets in the head, and abducted 120 worshipers.
The invasion into the mosque started from al-Magharba Gate area, when the soldiers fired many firebombs, gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets, to force the Palestinians out of the holy site.
The soldiers then surrounded al-Qibli mosque, in Al-Aqsa compound, abducted 120 Palestinians, including two guards of Al-Aqsa, identified as Khaled Sharawna and Luay al-Qawasmi, and moved them to several detention and interrogation facilities.
Medical sources said the Israeli attack led to dozens of injuries, including fifteen who were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets in their heads, and six medics.
The soldiers also prevented dozens of medics from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque, and attacked many of them, before closing it to all Palestinians.
The sources added that many Palestinians suffered serious injuries, two of them were rushed to al-Magharba Gate, and were moved to a hospital by an Israeli ambulance.
The Maan News Agency said the soldiers confiscated the mobile phones from all the abducted Palestinians, in addition to abducting another Palestinian, identified as Mohammad Khader Abu al-Hummus, near Damascus Gate.
The attack was the second in just a few hours, as the soldiers assaulted dozens of worshipers after evening prayers, Thursday, and fired dozens of gas bombs and concussion grenades, in addition to several live rounds, to remove the Palestinians out of the mosque, before shutting down all of its gates, and the Old City gates.
The Israeli army and police also prevented all Palestinians males, below the age of fifty, from entering Jerusalem’s Old City.
It is worth mentioning that various Palestinian figures, including national and religious leaders, are planning to hold an urgent meeting to discuss the renewed Israeli escalation, which comes hours after the army lifted the siege on the mosque, after the constant and persistent struggle to end the siege, which was violently reinstated ahead of Friday prayers.
The situation in Jerusalem remains very tense, especially as the army pushed dozens of additional units around Al-Aqsa, and the Old City, in addition to installing dozens of roadblocks and deploying mounted units, preventing the Palestinians from approaching the holy site.
The invasion into the mosque started from al-Magharba Gate area, when the soldiers fired many firebombs, gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets, to force the Palestinians out of the holy site.
The soldiers then surrounded al-Qibli mosque, in Al-Aqsa compound, abducted 120 Palestinians, including two guards of Al-Aqsa, identified as Khaled Sharawna and Luay al-Qawasmi, and moved them to several detention and interrogation facilities.
Medical sources said the Israeli attack led to dozens of injuries, including fifteen who were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets in their heads, and six medics.
The soldiers also prevented dozens of medics from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque, and attacked many of them, before closing it to all Palestinians.
The sources added that many Palestinians suffered serious injuries, two of them were rushed to al-Magharba Gate, and were moved to a hospital by an Israeli ambulance.
The Maan News Agency said the soldiers confiscated the mobile phones from all the abducted Palestinians, in addition to abducting another Palestinian, identified as Mohammad Khader Abu al-Hummus, near Damascus Gate.
The attack was the second in just a few hours, as the soldiers assaulted dozens of worshipers after evening prayers, Thursday, and fired dozens of gas bombs and concussion grenades, in addition to several live rounds, to remove the Palestinians out of the mosque, before shutting down all of its gates, and the Old City gates.
The Israeli army and police also prevented all Palestinians males, below the age of fifty, from entering Jerusalem’s Old City.
It is worth mentioning that various Palestinian figures, including national and religious leaders, are planning to hold an urgent meeting to discuss the renewed Israeli escalation, which comes hours after the army lifted the siege on the mosque, after the constant and persistent struggle to end the siege, which was violently reinstated ahead of Friday prayers.
The situation in Jerusalem remains very tense, especially as the army pushed dozens of additional units around Al-Aqsa, and the Old City, in addition to installing dozens of roadblocks and deploying mounted units, preventing the Palestinians from approaching the holy site.
