The Israeli occupation forces stormed Bab al-Silsilah, one of the gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque; Metal bullets were fired at Palestinian worshipers, and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society announced on Friday that 386 Palestinians were wounded in clashes in the northern West Bank.
This came in the wake of a march that took place inside the courtyards of the mosque on Friday afternoon; To protest against the settlers’ abuse – last Tuesday – of the Prophet Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace.
Al-Jazeera correspondent in Jerusalem, Sherine Abu Aqleh, said that injuries occurred among Palestinians in the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, after the occupation forces suppressed the march inside it.
The correspondent added that the occupation forces arrested a number of Palestinian youths as they left the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Since Friday morning, the Israeli occupation forces have deployed military reinforcements in Jerusalem in anticipation of confrontations with the Palestinians, after calling on young Jerusalemites to organize a march in occupied Jerusalem today. In support of the Prophet Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, and denouncing the abuses directed at his shrine during the so-called “flags march” organized by settlers a few days ago with a green light from the Israeli government.
The Jerusalemite youth called for the start of the march in support of the Prophet Muhammad – may God bless him and grant him peace – from Al-Aqsa Mosque to Bab Al-Amoud after Friday prayers.
On Thursday, a number of Palestinian youths organized a vigil in Bab al-Amud; In response to the settlers – during their participation in the flags march last Tuesday – insulting and cursing the Holy Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, and chanting anti-Palestinian and anti-Arab slogans.
The Israeli occupation forces intervened to suppress the vigil at Bab al-Amud, and arrested a number of Palestinian youths participating in the vigil, and used sound and sewage bombs to disperse them.
The Israeli provocations raised more tension in Jerusalem, while there were frequent Palestinian calls to mobilize the city and protect Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Dozens of injured in beta
Simultaneously, the Israeli occupation forces forcibly suppressed a demonstration against settlements in the town of Beita, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, and fired tear gas and sound bombs at the town’s residents, causing some of them to suffocate.
The Palestinian Red Crescent announced that 47 Palestinians were injured during the ongoing confrontations with the Israeli occupation forces in Beita.
The Red Crescent also said that its crews dealt in the areas of Beita and Beit Dajan (north), 55 injuries with rubber-coated metal bullets, 286 injuries from suffocation due to inhaling tear gas, from tear gas 38 burns and falls, and 7 injuries canisters.
On Friday morning, the Israeli army closed most of the side streets leading to the town and in the vicinity of Jabal Subaih, with earth mounds. And the occupation prevented the citizens from reaching the town in response to the calls of Palestinian activists and factions to perform Friday prayers in front of the main entrance, which was closed for about a week, and in protest against the construction of a new settlement road and the establishment of a settlement outpost on the top of the mountain.