21 Apr. (EUROPE PRESS) –
Around 120,000 people have participated this Friday in the prayers in the Al Aqsa Mosque, located in the Esplanade of the Mosques of Jerusalem, within the framework of Eid al Fitr, the last day of Ramadan, an act that has taken place in the midst of of a major Israeli security deployment to try to ensure that there were no incidents.
The Department of Affairs of the Al Aqsa Mosque and the Jerusalem Waqf has detailed that people have participated in prayers in the courtyards of the mosque and in the Esplanade complex, after which the Israeli authorities have stressed that they have had place in a generally peaceful environment.
According to information collected by the Palestinian news agency WAFA, Israeli agents have attacked several Palestinians near the Lions Gate, one of the main gates that leads to the Old City of Jerusalem, when they were on their way to the Esplanade of the Mosques. .
For its part, the Israeli Foreign Ministry has indicated in its account on the social network Twitter that “while thousands of faithful Muslims have calmly arrived for the morning prayers of Eid al Fitr, a few rioters have arrived at the place to cause disturbances, harm some of the faithful, desecrate a holy place and incite terrorism”.
The Department of Affairs of the Al Aqsa Mosque and the Jerusalem Waqf has indicated that around four million people have prayed in the Esplanade of the Mosques within the framework of Ramadan, a month that was marked by serious incidents recorded during its second week inside the Al Aqsa Mosque.
During the day of April 5, a group of agents broke into the mosque to evict a group of faithful entrenched in the place, after which videos emerged in which the policemen were seen beating people who were sitting with batons. inside the facilities.
After that, the chief commissioner of the Israeli Police, Kobi Shabtai, acknowledged that the agents used “too much” force to evict the faithful, after a wave of international criticism and even the firing of projectiles from the Gaza Strip and the south. of Lebanon, which raised fears of the outbreak of a conflict.
