Arrests and expulsion orders from Al-Aqsa Mosque
On Friday, Israeli occupation forces arrested five residents of Jerusalem at Al-Aqsa Mosque and its gates, continuing their policy of summoning Jerusalemites for questioning.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Jerusalem stated that Israeli forces detained a young man inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque following Friday prayers. Additionally, they apprehended another young man and two teenagers near the Lions' Gate in the Old City.
The center reported that forces detained Areen al-Za'aneen inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. After being held and detained, he was released under the condition of house arrest until next Sunday and was prohibited from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
The center added that Israeli forces arrested two teenagers near the Lions Gate and later released them on the condition that they be deported from the Old City.
Israeli forces detained Nitham Abu Rammouz on Friday morning and released him later, imposing a one-week ban from the Al-Aqsa Mosque, with a possible extension. Nitham Abu Rammouz stated, "Since 2013, I have faced constant expulsion orders, summons, and arrests related to Al-Aqsa. My expulsion has been renewed immediately after previous ones, and even without formal orders, I am blacklisted along with hundreds of other Palestinians, preventing me from entering Al-Aqsa without any legal reason."
Occupation authorities impose daily restrictions on the gates and steps of Al-Aqsa Mosque and frequently detain or arrest some Jerusalemites, even without official expulsion orders. Their names are often arbitrarily added to lists that bar them from entering the mosque.
The summons of young Jerusalemites for interrogation persist, potentially leading to their expulsion orders from Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Sheikh Najeh Bkeirat was summoned for interrogation at a police station among those called by occupation intelligence.
