Al Aqsa mosque compound

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Over a thousand Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque

Over a thousand of Israeli settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under armed security by the Israeli police on Sunday morning in memory of the Jewish holiday of Tisha B’Av, in the central occupied West Bank district of Jerusalem. Tisha B’Av notably commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temple, which Jews believe were located where the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, the third holiest site in Islam, now stands. Local […]

today22 July 2018

International News

Israel bans Palestinian men after storming Al Aqsa

Israeli police braced for fresh violence Friday ahead of main weekly Muslim prayers at Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque, barring men under 50 after clashes erupted as Palestinians ended a boycott of the mosque's Noble Sanctuary compound. Tensions at the compound, were high even after thousands of worshippers returned to the site, following a two-week boycott over new security measures that Israel eventually removed. Friday prayers typically draw thousands to al-Aqsa, and […]

today28 July 2017

International News

Tens of Palestinians injured as Israeli forces raid Al-Aqsa hour after reopening

Just one hour after thousands of Palestinian worshipers entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem for the first time in nearly two weeks, clashes erupted inside the holy site, as Israeli forces fired tar gas and rubber-coated steel bullets at worshipers. The Palestinian Red Crescent released a statement saying that its crews had provided at least 37 worshipers with medical care. According to the group, some worshipers were […]

today27 July 2017

International News

Palestinians continue praying outside Al-Aqsa compound in protest of Israeli measures

For the eighth consecutive day since Israeli authorities installed increased security measures at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem, hundreds of Muslim worshipers on performed prayers outside of the compound gates in protest on Sunday, as Palestinian political and religious officials expressed their strong opposition to the new Israeli restrictions. As of Sunday evening, Israeli forces detained at least three Palestinians and injured 21 others in the Jerusalem […]

today24 July 2017

International News

Israeli police open fire on Palestinians protesting Al Aqsa security

At least two Palestinians have been killed, according to local media, and hundreds more injured amid mass protests over new Israeli security measures at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound. In the first incident, an Israeli settler killed an 18-year-old Palestinian man in the Ras al-Amud neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The death was confirmed by Israeli security and the Red Crescent. A second Palestinian […]

today21 July 2017

International News

Two Palestinians shot, killed in East Jerusalem clashes

Two Palestinians were reportedly shot and killed during clashes in occupied East Jerusalem on Friday, sources told Ma'an, amid large-scale clashes in the city over new Israeli security measures at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. The deaths comes amid a large-scale demonstration across East Jerusalem on Friday to denounce new Israeli security measures at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound following a deadly attack last week. Israeli forces have violently suppressed the protest […]

today21 July 2017

International News

Fatah calls for ‘day of rage’ amid Israeli restrictions at Al-Aqsa

The Fatah Movement called on Monday for a “day of rage” against increased Israeli security measures in occupied East Jerusalem following a deadly attack on Friday, as Palestinians denounced Israeli forces’ use of violence against them in recent days in the holy city. After the attack that left three assailants and two police officers -- all Palestinian citizens of Israel -- dead in and around Al-Aqsa, Israeli forces shut down […]

today18 July 2017

International News

Al-Aqsa officials reject new Israeli security measures as compound reopens

As Israeli officials moved to "gradually reopen" the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem for afternoon prayers Sunday after three days of closure, officials from the Islamic Endowment (Waqf) that runs the holy site refused to pass through new metal detectors that were installed at the compound's entrances -- though Israeli police said at least 200 people had entered. The attempt to reopen the compound came upon an order […]

today16 July 2017

International News

Al-Aqsa closure ‘collective punishment’, says former Mufti

A senior Palestinian cleric has denounced Israel's closure of the Al-Aqsa Mosque following a rare gun attack, calling the measures "collective punishment" that affects thousands of worshippers. Sheikh Ikrima Sabri, the former grand Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestinian territories, said on Saturday that Israeli authorities have barred clerics from entering the mosque and banned prayers there for a second day after a shootout near the compound left five people dead. […]

today15 July 2017

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