Israeli troops have attacked dozens of worshippers in Jerusalem\u2019s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound injuring seven people.
\nAccording to international media reports, the raid took place before dawn on Wednesday with Israeli police claiming they were responding to \u201crioting\u201d.
\nThe Palestinian Red Crescent reported injuries but did not elaborate on how many people were hurt. It said in a statement that Israeli forces were preventing its medics from reaching Al-Aqsa.
\n\u201cI was sitting on a chair reciting (Qur\u2019an),\u201d an elderly woman told\u00a0reporters while sitting outside the mosque, struggling to catch her breath. \u201cThey hurled stun grenades, one of them hit my chest,\u201d she said as she began to cry.
\nTension has already been high in occupied East Jerusalem and West Bank for months. There are fears of further violence as important religious festivals \u2013 the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan and the Jewish Passover \u2013 converge.
\nPalestinian groups condemned the latest attacks on worshippers, which they described as a crime.
\n\u201cWe warn the occupation against crossing red lines at holy sites, which will lead to a big explosion,\u201d said Nabil Abu Rudeineh, a spokesperson for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
\nJordan, which acts as custodian of Jerusalem\u2019s Christian and Muslim holy sites under a status quo arrangement in place since the 1967 war, condemned Israel\u2019s \u201cflagrant\u201d storming of the compound. Egypt\u2019s foreign ministry, meanwhile, called for an immediate halt to Israel\u2019s \u201cblatant assault\u201d on Al-Aqsa worshippers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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