Al Fatá calls for mobilization to “protect” the Al Aqsa Mosque

6 Apr. (EUROPE PRESS) –

Al Fatá, the movement led by Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas, has called on Thursday for mobilization to “protect” the Al Aqsa mosque in the midst of an escalation of tensions in the region after the Israeli Police twice broke into the compound sacred, whose custodian falls to Jordan.

“The attempts of the far-right government (of Israel) to turn the conflict into a religious one and to divide the Al Aqsa Mosque temporally and spatially can only fuel an escalation and lead to confrontation and war, with incalculable consequences,” he said. reported in a statement.

In this sense, he has ruled that the Palestinians will not remain “silent in the face of the continuation of this aggressive behavior.” “Jerusalem is the gateway to both war and peace,” she said, according to the WAFA news agency.

Israel Police stormed the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem for the second time on Wednesday night, firing rubber bullets, grenades and tear gas to disperse Muslim worshipers. More than 400 people were detained Tuesday night in a first raid by Israeli forces.

On the other hand, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have reported this Thursday that the air defense system, known as ‘Iron Dome’, has intercepted 25 of the 34 projectiles launched from southern Lebanon, while others five have fallen on Israeli territory. The remaining four launches are still being investigated and further details are unknown.

This umpteenth episode of hostilities comes after Israel bombed facilities of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire by Palestinians, all amid tensions over disputes over Al Aqsa, located in the Esplanade of the Mosques.

Hours before Israel reported these attacks, the Lebanese Shiite militia party Hezbollah denounced in a statement the assault carried out by the Israeli security forces on Tuesday night at the mosque, located in Jerusalem, when dozens of faithful They were celebrating the month of Ramadan.