Day 147: Jerusalem during “Al-Aqsa Flood” Operation
On the 147th day of "Al-Aqsa Flood Operation", the occupation authorities restricted the entry of worshipers to the Al-Aqsa Mosque for the Friday prayers, and assaulted the worshipers, and two families carried out orders to demolish "a residential building and a room", and the forces continued to disperse them in the streets and neighborhoods of the city of Jerusalem.
For the 21st Friday ... restrictions and prayers in the alleys
The Israeli occupation forces continued to impose restrictions on worshipers entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and prevented hundreds from entering Al-Aqsa to perform the Friday prayer, and the forces were deployed in the streets of Jerusalem and at the gates of the Old City, placed barriers and stopped worshipers during their arrival at Al-Aqsa.
The forces attacked the worshipers during their arrival at Al-Aqsa, by beating, shoving, and arresting them, and the forces intentionally removed the worshipers by force from the vicinity of the barriers and from inside the Old City, to prevent any prayer being held in the place, and the forces removed dozens of young men from inside the Old City of Jerusalem concurrently with the end of the Friday prayer sermon.
The forces also carried out various arrests from the Old City and its surroundings, arresting more than 10 youths, including a lady, and the forces assaulted the detainees with severe beatings.
The young men led the prayers on the thresholds of Al-Aqsa and inside the Yusufiya Cemetery and on the way to it, after preventing them from entering Al-Aqsa.
20,000 worshipers performed the Friday prayer in the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the forces were deployed in the Al-Aqsa Squares during the prayer.
Dozens of young men performed the Dawn prayer on the road to the Yusufiya Cemetery after they were prevented from entering Al-Aqsa, and the forces pursued the young men at the gates of Al-Aqsa and assaulted them.
Self-demolition
The municipality forced Dr. Nidal Alayan to self-demolish his residential building, in the village of Issawiya, under the pretext of building without a permit.
Alayan explained that the building consists of two floors, includes 4 residential apartments, and he tried to issue a building permit 6 months ago, pointing out that he carried out the construction "according to the requirements of the municipality and the conditions of the permit", but the municipality refused it, and issued the demolition order, so he had to carry it out to avoid paying "financial fines/ demolition fee" and in order not to cause damage to the neighboring houses.
The municipality forced the Al-Qaq family to self-demolish a room in the Ein Al-Lozeh neighborhood in the town of Silwan, under the pretext of building without a permit.
Sami Al-Qaq said that the room that was demolished today is the remaining building from two houses that were demolished 5 years ago, as the municipality came back 9 months ago and issued a demolition order for the room.
