Reports indicate that there were hundreds of arrests and multiple injuries in the clashes that took place at the holy site on Tuesday night.
Israeli police stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in Jerusalem overnight Tuesday. They arrested hundreds of Palestinians and wounded others amid high tensions, sparking violence at the time of Ramadan and the start of Passover.
Israeli police said security forces entered the compound because of what it called masked agitators armed with fireworks, sticks, and stones. They had barricaded themselves in the mosque complex. But Palestinian leaders stated that the security forces then assaulted and arrested worshippers near-indiscriminately.
The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound is both the third holiest shrine in Islam and the most sacred site in Judaism—followers of which refer to the area as the Temple Mount—making it a constant flashpoint for Israeli-Palestinian tensions. Confrontations there have previously sparked larger conflicts between Israel and Palestinian militias in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
Members of Israeli security forces guard the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Clashes erupted during Islam's holy fasting month of Ramadan in Jerusalem on April 5, 2023.showed fireworks being set off inside the complex, Israeli security forces beating Palestinians, and then dozens of Palestinians detained face down with their hands bound behind their backs.
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