Head of Hamas political bureau Ismail Haneyya said in a statement issued Thursday that what happened in al-Aqsa Mosque today “confirms that the battle is open on the land of Palestine.”
“Our current goal is to thwart the Israeli temporal and spatial division of the al-Aqsa Mosque” he said hailing the Palestinian continued presence and strong determination in al-Aqsa.
“Our people will never surrender but rather will achieve more victories” he stressed.
Earlier Thursday dozens of Palestinian worshipers were injured after Israeli police forces violently stormed al-Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem to clear the area for Jewish settlers’ break-ins that had been paused for the Muslim holidays.
The police forces fired rubber-coated bullets and teargas bombs injuring dozens of Palestinians. At least 12 live-shot injuries were reported.
Ten worshipers were detained during the attack including a French Muslim woman.
