Israeli police attack Palestinian worshippers at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque

Al-Aqsa is the third-holiest site in Islam and is typically packed with worshippers during Ramadan.

Published on: Apr 05, 2023 12:18 PM IST

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Israeli police raided Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem's Old City early Wednesday and attacked Palestinian worshippers, who hurled firecrackers at them in a burst of violence during a sensitive holiday season. (AFP)

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Israeli police said they had entered to dislodge "agitators", a move denounced as an "unprecedented crime" by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas.  (AFP)

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Israeli police said they moved in after “several law-breaking youths and masked agitators” brought fireworks, sticks and stones and barricaded themselves into the mosque. Police said the youths chanted violent slogans and locked the front doors.  (AFP)

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Palestinian medics check the damage at the first-aid room of the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem's Old City, following clashes between Palestinian worshippers and Israeli security forces early on Wednesday. (AFP)

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A video released by police showed the repeated explosions of fireworks inside the mosque. One amateur video taken by Palestinians showed police scuffling with people and beating them with clubs and rifle butts as a woman’s voice could be heard shouting, “Oh God. Oh God.”  (AFP)

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Members of Israeli security forces guard the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Israeli police arrested more than 350 people early April 5, after clashes at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque, a police spokesperson said.  (AFP)

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Palestinian media reported police attacked Palestinian worshippers, raising fears of wider tension as Islamic and Jewish holidays overlap. (AP)

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As violence was unfolding in Jerusalem, the Israeli military reported fighting in a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank. (AP)