Israeli police on Sunday afternoon arrested a guard of al-Aqsa Mosque and five women at Bab al-Rahma prayer area in Jerusalem.
Local sources said that the Israeli police arrested al-Aqsa Mosque’s guard Abed al-Karim Qa’oud and transferred him to a nearby detention center for interrogation.
Five Palestinian women identified as Shefaa Abu Ghalia Aya Abu Nab Aya Ma’touq Maram al-Natsha and Mayar al-Natsha were also assaulted and arrested at the site.
Earlier in the day Israeli police forces escorted dozens of Jewish settlers into al-Aqsa Mosque where they performed provocative rituals while restrictions were tightened on Muslim worshipers entering the site.
