Calm reigned on all axes in the occupied Palestinian territories, a day after Israeli forces stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque and attacked worshipers, and the occupation authorities are still tightening their siege on the West Bank and Gaza Strip crossings with the (Jewish) Passover holiday.
The military closure is expected to continue until midnight next night, and the Israeli security leaders will conduct an assessment of the situation to determine measures in the coming days.
The occupation authorities had informed the Palestinian side that they intended to lift the siege on the Jenin governorate, and open the Al-Jalama and Al-Rehan crossings leading to Jenin from within the Green Line areas, after 9 days of closure.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Prisoners Club reported the transfer of about 130 citizens who were arrested by the occupation forces in the occupied Holy City yesterday, Friday, to the prisons of Megiddo, Ramle and Ohlikdar.
The detainees' lawyers said that they will be brought before the Israeli court, starting from Saturday evening.
Biggest campaign in 20 years
At dawn on Friday, the occupation arrested more than 450 Palestinians from inside Al-Aqsa Mosque, who are from Jerusalem and inside the Green Line, and they were transferred to an army camp, where they remained handcuffed for long hours and were treated harshly until they were transferred to the Al-Maskobiya Investigation Center in Jerusalem at night, and those under 18 were released. .
Members of the occupation police assaulted some of the detainees' families, and abused them when they wanted to ask about the status of their children.
For its part, human rights organizations said that the arrests carried out by the occupation yesterday in Jerusalem is the largest campaign in one hour and from one place in more than 20 years.
The Israeli storming of Al-Aqsa left about 200 injured, and the situation calmed down at night, as thousands of Palestinians gathered in the Bab Al-Amoud area and the old city markets after Tarawih prayers.
Hamas contacts
For its part, the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) said that it had contacted a number of countries in the region and a UN official, fearing an escalation of the situation during the month of Ramadan, in light of the "continued Israeli crimes in the city of Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque."
This came in a speech by Izzat al-Rishq, a member of the movement's political bureau, during a Ramadan evening organized by Hamas outside Palestine, according to a statement issued by it.
Al-Rishq added that Hamas sent messages to all mediators that "Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque are a red line, and any provocation will be met with confrontation."
He continued, "We are not seeking a new war in Gaza, and the resistance is following all developments, and its hand is on the trigger, because we are one people, and if our sanctities are violated, our people in all areas of their existence will have the duty to defend them."
The head of the Political Bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, had discussed - through phone calls he made on Friday with Egyptian officials and a UN envoy - the situation in Al-Aqsa Mosque, according to a Hamas statement.
Tension has prevailed in the city of Jerusalem and the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque for days, in light of calls by settlers and "temple groups" to storm the Noble Mosque and perform the rituals of "slaughtering sacrifices" on Easter.