Details- Hundreds of arrests and injuries in Al-Aqsa…violent confrontations
On the 14thof Ramadan, the occupation soldiers invaded Al-Aqsa Mosque, injuring and arresting hundreds of fasting worshipers who were present in Al-Aqsa.
Violent confrontations broke out in Al-Aqsa Mosque, which started from 5:45 am until 10 am.
The forces stormed Al-Aqsa for the first time, immediately after the dawn prayer, and after two hours of confrontations, the forces withdrew and were stationed at the Dung Gate, then returned and stormed Al-Aqsa again at eight o'clock and stayed until ten o'clock.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center - Jerusalem, stated that the forces, in the two settlers’ incursion periods into Al-Aqsa, attacked crowds of worshipers with bombs, gas and rubber bullets, and deliberately evacuated the squares by hitting those present with batons, and no one was excluded from that "the elderly, women, children, ambulance crews, and the press."
As for the second intrusion, the forces stormed the Al-Qibli prayer hall after besieging hundreds of young men inside. One of the young men explained that the heavily armed forces stormed the Al-Qibli prayer hall, firing rubber bullets towards all those present, during which they physically assaulted them, especially on the back and the head.
The young man added that the soldiers forced some of them to sit on the ground and others to lay on their stomachs, put their hands behind their back and handcuffed them, and deliberately beat them on their backs with their shoes.
Before the storming, the forces deliberately evacuated the squares completely, to prevent the monitoring and documentation of the storming of the Al-Qibli prayer hall and the arrests.
Arrests
The lawyer of the Information Center, Firas Al-Jabrini, explained that the forces arrested 470 people from Al-Aqsa Mosque, and transported them in private "Egged buses", which were designated to transport detainees from Al-Buraq Square to a "camp near the village of Issawiya", and from there to the Al-Maskoubiya police station.
Lawyer Al-Jabrini added that the police prevented the detainees from receiving legal advice.
The lawyer explained that the police, after hours of detention, released most of the detainees on the condition that they be expelled from the Old City and Al-Aqsa for a period ranging from two weeks to two months. They also released some - from the West Bank youths – towards the checkpoints set up at the entrances to Jerusalem.
Lawyer Al-Jabrini added that the police extended the arrest of some of the detainees and transferred them to Al-Ramla prison.
Al-Jabrini pointed out that many of the detainees, and after their release, it was found that they had been hit by rubber bullets, shrapnel from bombs or batons, and the effects of the injuries were clear on the detainees’ bodies, where blood, swelling and wounds appeared. The police prevented them from being referred for treatment or presenting them to the doctor.
Among the arrests was the girl Shorouk Zamamiri.
Injuries
The Palestinian Red Crescent explained that its crews dealt with 158 injuries from Al-Aqsa Mosque, and in the evening hours, they dealt with 3 injuries after their release from Al-Maskoubiya prison.
The Red Crescent added that among the injured were 27 minors, including a child in serious condition.
As for Dr. Suleiman Al-Turkman, head of the Nursing Department in Al-Maqased, he explained that 8 injuries were transferred to the intensive care room, and 5 were transferred to operations, pointing out that the injuries were in the "head, jaw, chest, skull, and severe eye injury, in addition to fractures of the limbs."
On his part, Dr. Faleh Da’as, from the Al-Aqsa Mosque Clinic, said that dozens of injuries arrived at the clinic, and most of them were referred to the hospital due to their seriousness, and a large percentage of injuries were from the elderly, including foreign worshipers.
Sheikh Omar Al-Kiswani, director of Al-Aqsa Mosque, said that among the injured were 10 employees of the Islamic Endowment Department.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center stated that the guard, Bader Bader, 40, was wounded with a rubber bullet in the middle of the forehead, which led to internal bleeding in the brain and an internal fracture in the nose.
Al-Aqsa guard, Hussam Sider, was also wounded with a rubber bullet in the forehead, causing fractures in the skull and severe swelling in the eye.
Hussam Sider explained after he and the guard Bader were wounded, the forces attacked them and hit them on their heads.
One of the guards also sustained a broken leg.
Rami al-Khatib, an employee of the Islamic Endowments Department, sustained fractures in his hand after being hit with batons and pursued while doing his work by monitoring and documenting the intrusion.
The director of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Sheikh Al-Kiswani, stressed that the occupation and its settlers are responsible for what happened in Al-Aqsa, with the escalation of temple groups announcing their intention to slaughter sacrifices in Al-Aqsa on the occasion of the Jewish “Passover” holiday.
The young men marched around the clock at Al-Aqsa, chanting for the mosque and warning of settlers' incursions into it.