Esplanade des Mosques: Clashes break out between Palestinians and Israeli police

Published on: 04/15/2022 – 07:19 Witnesses reported on Friday, on the Esplanade of the Mosques in Jerusalem, the throwing of stones by Palestinians towards the Israeli security forces and the firing of rubber bullets towards Palestinian protesters. According to the Red Crescent, seven people were taken to hospital. Clashes between Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli police took place on the morning of Friday, April 15, on the Esplanade of the Mosques in Jerusalem, witnesses and rescuers said. “Seven injured people were taken to hospital for injuries to the top of the body,” a Palestinian Red Crescent official told AFP when asked about the clashes. Witnesses reported Palestinians throwing stones at Israeli security forces and firing rubber bullets at some Palestinian demonstrators.>> To see: after a wave of attacks, the Israeli army goes on the offensive in the West BankThird holiest site in Islam, the Esplanade of the Mosques – also called Temple Mount by the Jews – is located in the Old City in East Jerusalem, a Palestinian area occupied since 1967 by Israel which remains the scene of clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian demonstrators. During the month of Ramadan in 2021, night demonstrationsin Jerusalem and clashes even on the esplanade had turned into eleven days of war between the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, in power in the Gaza Strip, and Israel.Series of attacks in Israel and Israeli operations in the West BankJordan administers the Esplanade of the Mosques, where the al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock are located, but access to this place is controlled by Israel. Shortly before the start – on April 2 – of the month of Ramadan this year, officials Israelis and Jordanians have stepped up talks to avoid new clashes. This violence in the heart of Jerusalem comes after a series of attacks in Israel and Israeli operations in the West Bank, another territory occupied since 1967 by the Jewish state. Since March 22, Israel has been hit by four attacks, the first two carried out by Israeli Arabs linked to the jihadist organization Islamic State and the last two by Palestinians from the Jenin area, in the West Bank. These attacks killed fourteen people. In addition, 21 Palestinians, including attackers, have been killed in violence since that date, according to an AFP tally. With AFP