JERUSALEM, May 8 (NNN-WAFA) – Hundreds of Palestinians were injured yesterday, in clashes with Israeli police, at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the old city in East Jerusalem, local media reported.
A total of 205 Palestinians have been injured, said the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, which set up a field hospital on the site, to provide the injured with medical assistance.
Only six Israeli policemen were injured, said the reports.
According to Palestinian sources, Israeli police forces stormed the yards of al-Aqsa Mosque and fired rubber bullets and teargas canisters, to disperse hundreds of worshippers during the Friday prayers.
Tensions between Israelis and Palestinians has mounted recently, as Israel has decided to resettle forcefully, Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah, a predominantly Palestinian neighbourhood in East Jerusalem.– NNN-WAFA
