350 people were arrested in Israel this Wednesday morning due to clashes in the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. From this intervention, the Hamas movement called on the Palestinians to go to the place of worship to defend it.
Al Aqsa Mosque is one of the most emblematic places for Muslims and the conflicts began just during the celebration of Ramadanin a tense atmosphere between Israelis and Palestinians since the beginning of the year.
During the night of yesterday, the Israeli forces stormed the mosque, “breaking doors and windows” while worshipers were inside praying, Abdelkarim Ikraiem said, a 74-year-old Palestinian who was present. The Palestinian Red Crescent argued that had treated at least 37 wounded.
The Palestinian Islamist Movement Hamas denounced “an unprecedented crime” and called on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank “to flock to the Al Aqsa Mosque to defend it.”.
Faced with “violence and beatings” by the Israeli security forces, The UN Secretary General, António Guterres, said he was “shocked and dismayed,” said Stéphane Dujarric, his spokesman.
“This moment of the calendar, holy for Jews, Christians and Muslims, should be a time of peace and non-violence,” added the spokesperson.
In a statement, the police explained that a group of “several young outlaws and masked rioters” they entered with sticks and fireworks. “The leaders barricaded themselves inside for several hours [después de la última oración vespertina] to disturb public order and desecrate the mosquewhile chanting “slogans that incited hatred and violence,” said the text.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that the security forces were “forced to act to restore order” against the “extremists”.
Source: Ambito
