The police entered the band in large numbers before the dawn, we said website managers – also known as Al AQSA – as thousands of faithful gathered in the Mosque for the early morning prayers two weeks after the sacred month of Ramadan. In a statement, police said that about two hours earlier, dozens of young people had begun marching in the area, holding flags of both Hamas and Palestine. They also threw stones and fireworks and began piling up stones and other objects to prepare for further clashes, authorities said. “Police were forced to enter the area to disperse the crowd and remove stones and rocks to prevent further violence,” the Israeli Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Police said the group threw stones during the morning prayer, but that police intervened to disperse the group only after the end of the prayer. The group then threw stones at the West Wall, which is located below the Temple Mount complex, causing officers to move to enter the site, police said. Video of the clashes posted on the Internet showed worshipers entering roadblocks inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque amidst tears of tears. Other footage shows Palestinians hurling stones and police firing tear gas and stun grenades. The Palestinian Red Crescent Emergency Service said it had transported 152 wounded to hospitals. The Islamic legacy that manages the site said one of its guards was shot in the eye with a rubber bullet. Hours after the violence, police said the violence had ended and “hundreds” had been arrested. “We call on the faithful to keep order and to keep their prayers in order. “Israeli police will not allow the rioters to disrupt prayers and disturb public order,” the statement said. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with Police Commissioner Kobe Sabtay and Public Security Minister Omer Barlev at a border police base in Jerusalem. He later said in a statement on Twitter:[We are] works to provide security for Israeli citizens. “ The incident also sparked the sentencing of Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. “The invasion of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the entry of the occupying forces… is a dangerous development and sacrilege, and is tantamount to a declaration of war on our Palestinian people,” said Nabil Abu Rudeineh, a spokesman for the president. Friday’s incident is the latest in a growing wave of violence to break out during the holy month of Ramadan, which coincides this year with major Jewish and Christian holidays. Protests and clashes in Jerusalem during Ramadan last year escalated into an 11-day war between Israel and Gaza. In recent weeks, tensions have been simmering following a series of attacks by Arab insurgents that have killed 14 people inside Israel, sparking a wave of arrests and military operations in the West Bank. On Monday, Israeli forces said they had shot and killed a Palestinian near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, the Associated Press reported. Three Palestinians were killed between Sunday and Monday, including an unarmed woman who was shot and killed at a military checkpoint near Bethlehem. Security has increased in both Israel and the West Bank. On Thursday, Hamas called for an escalation against Israel and urged “hundreds of thousands” to attend Friday prayers in Jerusalem. “We are declaring a general mobilization in all the places where our people are. “We call on the masses to come out by the hundreds of thousands to protect our nation and our mosque,” he said. In a statement Friday, Hamas condemned the violence and said Israel should bear the consequences. “Our people in Jerusalem are not alone in the battle for al-Aqsa. “The whole Palestinian people and their noble resistance and their vital force are with them,” said Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhum. Israeli police said security forces were on high alert and security had been stepped up at train stations, bus stops and hotels. The Palestinian Authority has said it is working with Israel to prevent a repeat of last year’s violence. “If there is an escalation tomorrow and there are casualties, we can get to Operation Guardian of the Wall, round two,” a senior security official told Channel 12.
