60 thousand perform the Friday prayers on the second Friday of Ramadan at Al-Aqsa Mosque
105 Palestinians injured in clashes with the Israeli army in Jerusalem
The second Friday prayer of Ramadan at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
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More than 100 Palestinians and 20 Israeli policemen were injured in clashes between the two sides in East Jerusalem on the night of Thursday and Friday, while the Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem said that about 60,000 people performed the second Friday prayers of Ramadan at Al-Aqsa Mosque.
In detail, the confrontations broke out at the entrance to the Old City in Jerusalem, where the Israeli police had deployed hundreds of their personnel to accompany a march organized in West Jerusalem by the extremist right-wing Jewish "Lahava" movement, which was hostile to the Palestinians.
Police prevented marchers from reaching some areas where Palestinians usually congregate in large numbers during the month of Ramadan.
On Thursday evening, Palestinian youths organized a demonstration against the protest against that march, which was considered provocative, which led to the outbreak of clashes that continued until dawn yesterday, between the demonstrators and the Israeli security forces.
Police said that they had deployed and reinforced their forces at the entrances to Bab al-Amoud, the main gate to the Old City of Jerusalem and the surrounding neighborhoods.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said that at least 105 Palestinians were injured, about 20 of them were taken to hospital, while the Israeli police stated that they counted 20 wounded in their ranks, and arrested 44 people in the clashes.
Demonstrators from the far right threw stones at the Israeli security forces, which also targeted Palestinian demonstrators.
The police used stun grenades extensively, as well as tear gas canisters, coated bullets and wastewater sprayers, whose foul smell covered the entire Bab al-Amoud area.
For its part, the Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem said that about 60,000 people performed the second Friday prayers of the month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, after a long night of confrontations between Palestinians and the Israeli police and a number of Jews.
Israel kept its procedures related to the entry of Palestinians from the West Bank to Jerusalem, as was the case on the first Friday of Ramadan, and allowed 10,000 Palestinians who had received the anti-Corona vaccine and had permits to enter the city.
During the Friday sermon at Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestinian homes, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, reviewed the daily clashes that the city has witnessed since the beginning of the month of Ramadan.
• The Israeli police used stun grenades, tear gas, and coated bullets against Palestinian demonstrators.
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