Jerusalem, violent clashes on the Temple Mount, hundreds injured
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May 09, 2021In the night, riots and clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police at the entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem, as tens of thousands of Muslim faithful prayed in the nearby al-Aqsa mosque. According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, at least 100 people were injured, including a one-year-old child, and 14 were taken to hospital.
Israeli police reported that around 20 soldiers and at least one officer were injured. Islamic authorities estimate that there were 90,000 people gathered for night prayers in al-Aqsa mosque, the third holiest site in Islam, to celebrate Laylat al-Qadr, which commemorates the night the Quran was revealed for the first time to the Prophet Mohammed.
Violent clashes have also been reported near the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron.
Rocket from Gaza to Israel, which bombards the Strip
Israel bombed a target of Hamas, the Islamic Resistance Movement that controls the enclave at dawn: it was the retaliation for the launch of a rocket which took place a few hours earlier from the Strip towards Israel, a launch that took place during a night of clashes in East Jerusalem, where tension is mounting after the raid on Friday by the Israeli police in the Temple Mount. Groups of Palestinian youth subsequently launched fireballs from Gaza to Israel and threatened that they will continue "activities" this morning at the enclave's separation wall with Israel.
The month of Ramadan, which ends Wednesday, has seen growing tension in East Jerusalem, tension reverberating in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. The militias fired 36 rockets from the Strip in the night between 23 and 24 April, on a day of particular tension because the Israelis had blocked the Damascus Gate, the main entrance to the Old City, which sparked protests. Palestinians.