Israeli police clash with Palestinians at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque for a second time hours after the arrest and removal of more than 350 people in a police raid at the compound.
abc.net.au/news/violence-resumes-at-jerusalem-al-aqsa-mosque/102195294Israeli police have clashed with Palestinians at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque for a second time, hours after the arrest and removal of more than 350 people in a police raid at the compound.
Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said: "Israel's raid into Al-Aqsa mosque, its assault on worshippers, is a slap to recent US efforts which tried to create calm and stability during the month of Ramadan." Palestinian militants fired at least nine rockets from Gaza into Israel after the first clash, drawing air strikes which Israel said targeted weapon production sites for the Islamist group Hamas, which controls the blockaded coastal enclave.Hamas did not claim responsibility for the rocket attacks but said they were a response to the raid on Al-Aqsa, where clashes in 2021 set off a 10-day war with Gaza.
"Israel is committed to maintaining freedom of worship, free access to all religions and the status quo on the Temple Mount and will not allow violent extremists to change that," he said in a statement.
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