Webdesk: After police raids on Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque this week, Israel’s military struck Lebanon and Gaza. It happened early on Friday in reprisal for Hamas rocket fire.
Friday’s West Bank gunfire killed two Israelis.
Israel’s military reported a vehicle shooting near Hamra. Moreover, Two ladies died and a third was critically injured, according to Magen David Adom.
“Israeli police wielding batons descended on crowds of Palestinian worshippers, who chanted slogans praising Hamas as they tried to squeeze into the site,” according to the Associated Press.
“An hour later, according to videos, people leaving the prayers staged a vast protest on the limestone courtyard. With Palestinians raising their fists and shouting in support of Hamas rocket fire,” the report said. The Israeli police forced their way into the compound.
While, On the third Friday of Ramazan, Israeli police broke up a group of Palestinian worshippers who sought to visit the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem for morning prayers. Al Jazeera saw the panicked fleeing.
The film shows believers eating their fasting Sehri meal on tables with food and drinks.
The Associated Press reported that Israeli police “did not comment on the earlier beatings. Later on said security forces entered the holy compound after prayers in response to ‘masked suspects’. Said alleged suspects threw rocks towards officers at one of the gates”.
Moreover, The Israeli military said it “pounded Gaza with more airstrikes on Friday, hitting 10 targets that it described as underground tunnels, along with weapons production and development sites belonging largely to the Hamas militant group”.
According to the Associated Press, one hit damaged a Gaza City children’s hospital.
“Even as calm returned to Al-Aqsa a few hours after the burst of violence, the situation remained tense ahead of midday Friday prayers,” it said.
