Clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police forces in Jerusalem

Late Sunday night clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police forces in East Jerusalem injured more than a dozen people, according to first aid and law enforcement forces, who confirmed they had made arrests.

A French news agency reporter saw Palestinians throwing objects at Israeli police, who responded with tear gas and stun grenades in front of the Damascus Gate, one of the main Muslim strongholds in the city.

Israeli police said ten people had been arrested and one policeman wounded in what he called “riots” on the sidelines of large gatherings in the mosque square, the third holiest site in Islam, called the Temple Mount by Jews, as the month of Ramadan. started the weekend. The Palestinian Red Crescent counted eleven injured among the protesters.

Earlier in the day, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid traveled to East Jerusalem, an area of ​​the holy city held by Israel since the 1967 war, to support the thousands of Israeli police deployed there for the month of Ramadan. 11 dead in recent weeks in Israel.

“Times are tough, the situation is tense, but we have a police force we can count on to get through this difficult time,” Lapid said.

For his part, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with top military officials to discuss the operation in Jenin, a Palestinian-held area of ​​the West Bank that opened fire on Israeli civilians, killing five people earlier in the week. Aviv.

At least five Palestinians, including fighters of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the second-strongest Palestinian Islamist militant group, have been killed since Thursday in Israeli-led operations in the northern West Bank.

In 2021, incidents in East Jerusalem during Ramadan led to the 11-day war between Hamas, the largest Palestinian armed movement in power in the Gaza Strip, and the Israeli army.

SOURCE: AMPE

Source: Capital

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