The tension that started after the Israeli police operations in Al-Aqsa Mosque is increasing. Finally, the Israeli police announced that a missile attack was carried out from Gaza, but no group in Gaza has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
In a statement on Monday evening, the Israeli army announced that a missile was sent from the Gaza Strip to Israeli territory, and the missile was intercepted by the Iron Dome Defense System.
Sirens were also heard in the evening hours in the region. No deaths or injuries were reported from the region.
No organization in Gaza has yet claimed responsibility for any missile attack.
The tension in the region, which has been relatively quiet since January, rose after the events in Al-Aqsa Mosque, which coincided with the holy month of Ramadan for Muslims and the holy Passover for Jews.
At the weekend, the Israeli police responded harshly to the Palestinians who protested on the grounds that they were not taken to the Masjid al-Aqsa, where they wanted to enter to pray, and more than 170 people were injured, most of them protesters.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s government has said that Israeli police “will be able to act freely and be given full authority” against the protesters.
After Jews entered the holy area accompanied by Israeli police to pray, but Muslims were not allowed, the Islamist group Hamas, which dominates Gaza, declared that “Al-Aqsa is ours, it will be ours only” and vowed to protect the right of Palestinians to worship in holy places.
The Palestinians, who entered the holy lands called the Temple Mount by the Jews and Harem-ul-Sharif by the Muslims, were forcibly removed by the Israeli police on Friday; The next day, about 700 Jews were taken to the area for Passover.
Last year, clashes broke out between the Palestinians and the Israeli Police in the month of Ramadan in the Haram-u-Sharif.
As a result of the threats of expulsion of Palestinians from East Jerusalem and the raids of the Israeli police on the Al-Aqsa Mosque, an 11-day war between Israel and Gaza took place, and more than 250 Palestinians and 13 Israelis died.
Jordan summons Israeli chargé d’affaires to Foreign Ministry
On Monday, Jordan, one of the Arab countries with the closest relations with Israel in the region, summoned Israel’s chargé d’affaires to the foreign ministry in protest.
Jordan is taking on the task of guarding the holy land in East Jerusalem, including the old city, where Israeli police have been conducting operations for several days.
The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement right after the events on Friday, April 15, “Israeli security forces caused the death of seven Palestinians, one of them a child, in different cities, primarily Jenin, in Palestine, and that this morning they were in Al-Aqsa Mosque for worship. We find it unacceptable and strongly condemn the intervention of Muslims to cause injury.” made statements.
Speaking on Monday, US State Department spokesman Ned Price said his country had “deep concerns” and said senior American officials were in contact with their counterparts in Israel and the Palestinian administration. “We warn the parties to preserve the historic status quo,” he said.
Former US President Donald Trump declared that he recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, including East Jerusalem, and after the decision, clashes took place between the Israeli police and the Palestinians in the region.