For the fourth night in a row, Israeli forces on Tuesday cracked down on Palestinians who gathered at Bab al-Amoud (Damascus Gate) in the occupied city of East Jerusalem, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.
WAFA correspondent said that heavily-armed Israeli police officers used rubber-coated steel bullets, stun grenades and batons to disperse Palestinians who gathered at Bab al-Amoud, one of the main gates of the Old City of Jerusalem.
Tensions is on the rise in the occupied city of #Jerusalem as Israeli forces keep cracking down on and detaining #Palestinian worshipers in the Damascus Gate area.
Video by: Wafa News Agency#FreePalestine pic.twitter.com/QcWvUR0sqM
— Wafa News Agency – English (@WAFANewsEnglish) April 6, 2022
12 Palestinians were detained in the course of the confrontations.
Palestinian Red Crescent confirmed that its medics provided treatment for at least an injury at Bab al-Amoud.
The current tensions are reminiscent of the 2021 May and Ramadan tensions over the Israeli settler takeover of Palestinian property in Sheik Jarrah and encroachments upon the mosque compound.
For many Palestinians in Jerusalem and across the occupied Palestinian territory, Ramadan is directly connected to the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Watch: Israeli forces detain a #Palestinian teen in #Jerusalem's Damascus Gate area.#FreePalestine pic.twitter.com/giyhwphRPP
— Wafa News Agency – English (@WAFANewsEnglish) April 6, 2022
The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound houses both the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa mosque and is considered the third holiest site in Islam.
Al-Aqsa is located in East Jerusalem, a part of the internationally recognized Palestinian territories that have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.
(WAFA, PC, Social Media)
