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Al-Aqsa Mosque: The occupation arrests three Jerusalemites and a group of settlers assaults the women
March 22, 2015

The occupation police arrested on Sunday morning one woman and two Jerusalemites form Al-Aqsa Mosque and a state of tension occurred at Al-Aqsa courtyards and at Al-Silsileh Gate after dozens of settlers broke into Al-Aqsa Mosque. Witnesses explained that the occupation forces arrested Ribhi Abu Hummos, Mohammad Abu Gharbyeh and another woman while they were near Al-Ghawanmeh Gate. Settlers assaulted on Sunday morning a group of women who are isolated from Al-Aqsa Mosque and insulted them verbally as well as pouring hot tea on them. The isolated women explained that two settlers approached them while they were near Al-Silsileh Gate after the settlers finished their tour inside Al-Aqsa courtyards. They also verbally assaulted the women and then one settler poured hot tea on the women and ran away. On Sunday, 127 settlers broke into Al-Aqsa Mosque and one of them attempted to practice his religious rituals in addition to tearing his clothing near Al-Silsileh Gate but the guard confronted him; another group carried out a tour in the courtyard of the Dome of the Rock.