Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – Activists circulated on social media, videos and photos of the clashes that took place inside Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, Thursday, which sparked an interaction.
Masked men inside Al-Aqsa Mosque riot on Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in a blatant assault on the sanctity of the mosque, which receives thousands of Muslim worshipers. Contrary to the lies promoted, the Israeli police did not enter the mosque. https://t.co/oNoOj1gHgt
The Palestinian Red Crescent said that “at least 117 people were taken to hospital from Al-Aqsa Mosque with injuries from rubber bullets, sound bombs and beatings.”
The Israel Arabic page on Twitter, affiliated with the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, published a video clip of the clashes, saying: “Masked men inside Al-Aqsa Mosque riot on Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in a blatant attack on the sanctity of the mosque, which receives thousands of Muslim worshipers. The Israeli police did not enter the mosque.”
Israel maintains the status quo in the holy places and freedom of prayer there. After Palestinian thugs threw stones and fired firecrackers without justification and in order to inflame fears and escalate the situation, the police were forced to enter the campus in order to disperse them and restore calm and safety. The police will leave him after they check it out. https://t.co/uzlgaWc5ak
For his part, Ofer Gendelman, a spokesman for the Israeli Prime Minister, published pictures from inside the Temple Mount, saying: “Israel is preserving the status quo in the holy sites and freedom of prayer in them…After Palestinian thugs threw stones and fired fireworks without justification and in order to inflame fears and escalate the situation, the police were forced to enter The campus in order to disperse them and restore calm and safety. The police will leave it after they achieve this.”
Earlier, a spokeswoman for the Israeli police said that the officers encountered “dozens of young outlaws, some of them masked, who began a march in the Temple Mount area, waving the flags of Hamas and the Palestinian Authority, which included launching several fireworks in the air and throwing stones.”