Israeli police did not allow men, especially those under the age of 50, who wanted to go to the Old City of East Jerusalem to perform Friday prayers in Aqsa.
INTERVENTION WITH GAS AND MOUNTED COPS
While identity checks were being carried out for those entering through the Damascus Gate of the Old City, a long queue formed in the area. Israeli police intervened in a crowded Palestinian group with gas, rubber bullets and mounted police.
SECURITY MEASURES INCREASED
On the other hand, it was seen that the number of Israeli security forces in the Old City was increased.
NEW INTERVENTION
There was a new intervention in Masjid al-Aqsa. A gun was fired at the police from the roofs of three houses close to the mosque. Israeli police advanced in the area, knocking on the doors of houses one by one. It was noteworthy that Israeli soldiers were walking around the streets with their guns on the trigger and carrying hand grenades.
PRAYERS ARE LEFT ON THE GROUND
When the Israeli police did not allow Palestinians who wanted to perform Friday prayers, hundreds of people tried to pray by laying their prayer rugs on the ground. While people quickly fled the scene with the intervention of the Israeli police, the prayer rugs remained on the ground.
ISRAEL-PALESTINE CONFLICT
Hamas’s armed wing, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, launched a comprehensive attack on Israel on the morning of October 7, called the “Aqsa Flood”.
While thousands of rockets were fired from Gaza towards Israel, Palestinian armed groups raided and seized the Beit Hanun-Erez Border Gate on the Gaza-Israel border.
Armed groups then entered the settlements within Israel from here, and the Israeli army launched an attack on the Gaza Strip with dozens of warplanes.
It was reported that 1,300 Israelis lost their lives and 3,300 Israelis were injured in the attacks carried out from Gaza.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that 1,537 people, including 500 children and 276 women, lost their lives and 6,612 people were injured in Gaza during Israeli attacks.
It was also stated that 36 Palestinians died and 650 people were injured in the attacks of Israeli forces and Jewish settlers in the West Bank.
Source: AA