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Two Guards in al-Aqsa Injured
March 15, 2013

  Jad al Gool and Saleh Dweik, guards from the Aqsa mosque, were injured by sound bombs and rubber bullets when the grounds of al-Aqsa were raided by Israeli forces.   Al Gool was injured by a rubber bullet and Dweik by two sound bombs. Eye witnesses said al Gool was injured after forces gathered near the eastern gate of the Qibli mosque, trying to raid it. During which a sound bomb was thrown at the gate, setting it on fire. The guard tried to put the fire out and one of the Special Unit Agents shot his back with a rubber bullet. As for 63-year-old Saleh, he said: "while I was near the Dun Gate, a sound bomb was thrown at me and my face was injured in my face. Whilst covering my cheek I was hit by another sound bomb which set my shirt on fire".