Huge demonstrations were launched after Friday prayer on the eastern borders of the Gaza Strip in rejection of the latest Israeli measures imposed on al-Aqsa Mosque.
Nearly 30 Gazans including 6 paramedics were injured after the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) attacked the demonstrators with live bullets and tear gas canisters.
Spokesman of the Gaza Ministry of Health Ashraf al-Qedra said that two ambulances were partially damaged after they were deliberately targeted by the IOF.
Deputy head of the Hamas Political Bureau in Gaza Khalil al-Hayya demanded in a speech ending security coordination between the Palestinian Authority and Israel.
Hayya urged the closure of the Israeli embassies in Arab countries in response to the Israeli practices against al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Hamas leader Hammad al-Raqeb called on the Muslim masses to assume their duties toward their third holiest site adding in a message to the Israeli occupation that al-Aqsa is a “red line”.
For his part the leader of the Islamic Jihad Movement Darweesh al-Gharabli affirmed that the Palestinian resistance factions will not remain silent vis-à-vis the ongoing Israeli violations at the Aqsa Mosque.
Protests will continue throughout the day in support of al-Aqsa Mosque and the Jerusalemite worshipers who refuse to enter the Mosque via the metal detectors newly erected at its entrances.
