The attacks of the Israeli occupation forces on worshipers in Al-Aqsa Mosque sparked anger among the Palestinians, and the Palestinian Authority considered it a declaration of war, while the resistance factions warned of its repercussions.

Under the pretext of confronting riots, large forces of the occupation police stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque and Al-Qibli Mosque at dawn on Friday, which led to the outbreak of violent clashes with worshipers.

The clashes resulted in the injury of more than 150 Palestinians with various injuries as a result of rubber bullets, tear gas canisters, beatings, and the arrest of about 400 others, while the Israeli police said that 3 of its members were injured.

Later, clashes erupted in areas of the West Bank, including the city of Hebron, where clashes continued between Palestinian youths and the occupation forces until late Friday evening.

The Palestinian Red Crescent said that 344 injuries were recorded in the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, as a result of the attacks of the occupation forces since the dawn of Friday.

The Palestinian Red Crescent has counted 344 injuries in the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, as a result of the attacks of the occupation forces since the dawn of Friday, noting that 13 were injured by live bullets, 145 by rubber-coated metal bullets, and more than 150 fractures and bruises as a result of the attacks by the occupation soldiers.

The clashes inside Al-Aqsa Mosque and in areas of the West Bank come in light of the Israeli closure of the occupied Palestinian territories, which began on Friday and ends on Sunday on the occasion of the Jewish Passover holiday. Seven Palestinians were killed by the Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank since last Wednesday.

The worshipers in Al-Aqsa Mosque were attacked and arrested by the occupation forces, amid a campaign launched by extremist Jewish groups in order to make “offerings” inside the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Director of Al-Aqsa Mosque Omar Al-Kiswani said that the occupation forces used excessive force against the worshipers in a barbaric manner, adding that all this is taking place under the eyes and ears of the world.

Within the Green Line, the occupation forces used tear gas to disperse a demonstration by the people of Umm al-Fahm.

The demonstration came out in condemnation of the Israeli occupation forces storming Al-Aqsa Mosque and suppressing the worshipers inside it.


Palestinian positions

In the internal reactions, the Palestinian presidency said that the storming of Al-Aqsa and the entry of the occupation into Al-Aqsa Mosque is a dangerous development, desecration of sanctities and a declaration of war, and stressed that the Palestinian people will not allow the occupation forces and settlers to monopolize Al-Aqsa Mosque and will defend it.

The Palestinian presidency called on international bodies to intervene immediately to stop what it described as the barbaric Israeli aggression against Al-Aqsa, while the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said that what was exposed to Al-Aqsa Mosque reveals the true intention of the occupation to impose Israeli sovereignty on Al-Aqsa and divide it.

For his part, the head of the Hamas political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, called on the UN Security Council to pressure Israel to stop its violations against the Palestinians.

During a telephone conversation with the UN envoy for the Middle East peace process, Tor Wencesland, Haniyeh stressed the need for the United Nations to lift the cover from the aggressive Zionist practices.

The head of the political bureau of Hamas identified 4 basic points to compel the occupation regarding what is happening in Al-Aqsa Mosque. Friday and before it, and stopping the killing and assassination in Jenin and its camp and throughout the West Bank.

In a separate conversation with Egyptian intelligence officials, Haniyeh warned of the repercussions of the Israeli attacks, stressing that the Palestinian people's decision is to defend and protect Al-Aqsa Mosque at all costs.

Before that, Hamas had called on the Palestinians in the West Bank and inside to stand by the people in Jerusalem and support them.

Palestinian factions also warned of the repercussions of the Israeli attacks, and the Islamic Jihad movement confirmed that unless the occupation stops its hand from Al-Aqsa and stops its aggression, the confrontation will be closer and more difficult than it thinks.

In the same context, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine considered that the ongoing Israeli aggression against Al-Aqsa Mosque is a dangerous escalation that requires the highest support for the protestors in the mosque and for the people of Jerusalem, and setting fire to the occupation throughout historic Palestine.


calm down

On the other hand, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said that the security leaders are working to calm the situation in Al-Aqsa Mosque, but stressed his government's readiness to deal with all scenarios.

Commenting on the events that erupted in Jerusalem, Ofir Gendelman, a spokesman for the Israeli Prime Minister, said in an interview with Al-Jazeera that Israel preserves freedom of worship on the Temple Mount, while what he described as Palestinian rioters deliberately seek to stoke feelings and escalate the situation in the holy places, in an incident It repeats every month of Ramadan, he said.