The Israeli police forces on Friday injured five Palestinian worshipers and arrested three others following the Dawn Prayer at al-Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem.
Local sources said that the Israeli police chased and attacked the Palestinian worshipers who were attending the Dawn Prayer at al-Aqsa Mosque injuring five of them.
At least three worshipers were detained and dragged to an undeclared destination they added.
Eyewitnesses said that the Israeli police forces were angered by the scene of thousands of Palestinian citizens performing the Dawn Prayer at al-Aqsa Mosque so they stormed the site and violently attacked the worshipers.
According to Israel’s TV channel Twelve the Israeli police were shocked by the unprecedented number of Palestinians who came to attend the prayer at al-Aqsa Mosque. The number was estimated at 8000.
The worshipers after the prayer chanted slogans supporting al-Aqsa Mosque and vowing to protect it against Israeli attacks and settler raids.
The Israeli police then broke into the site and brutally dispersed the worshipers.
Hazem Qasem Hamas’s spokesman condemned the Israeli police attack on the Palestinian worshipers and said it was “a racist and barbaric act that blatantly violates all international laws which protect people’s right to worship”.
Qasem called on the Palestinian people not to be intimidated by the Israeli attacks and harassment and to intensify their presence in al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and the Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil to foil the Israeli occupation’s attempt to take over the holy sites.
