Israeli occupation forces attack Palestinians in Al-Quds
Tens of thousands of Palestinians commemorating a Muslim anniversary in occupied Al-Quds came under the attack of Israeli occupation forces.
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Palestinians were attacked in occupied Al-Quds
Today, Monday, confrontations were renewed between the Israeli occupation forces and young Palestinians residing in Al-Quds celebrating the "Israa and Mi'raj" (Prophet Muhammad’s miraculous Night Journey – Israa – from Makka to Al-Quds, followed by his ascension to heaven – Mi’raj) in Bab Al-Amoud Square in occupied Al-Quds.
#متابعة الاحتلال يعتدي على الفلسطينيين في باب العامود بـ #القدس المحتلة. pic.twitter.com/IG7tXaqxpM
— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) February 28, 2022
The Israeli occupation forces sprayed the celebrating Palestinians with sewage water and tear gas, causing many cases of suffocation, as well as damage to several vehicles and shops.
"القسطل": قوات الاحتلال تحضر مركبة المياه العادمة إلى منطقة باب العامود بالقدس المحتلة.#القدس pic.twitter.com/5g4Hgran0b
— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) February 28, 2022
The IOF also arrested a 14-year-old boy after beating him up.
Moreover, Israeli occupation forces ganged up on a 12-year-old Palestinian girl and beat her up.
Watch | Israeli occupation forces gang up on a young #Palestinian girl and brutally assault her in occupied Al-Quds. #Palestine pic.twitter.com/6el6ixsV6K
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) February 28, 2022
In the meantime, the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque saw tens of thousands of worshipers gathering to celebrate the anniversary, and the IOF detained a number of them.
In a different context, several Palestinians suffocated as a result of tear gas canisters shot at them, when the occupation forces stormed the town of Beit Ummar, north of Al-Khalil, in the southern occupied West Bank.
The occupation forces arrested the freed prisoners, Ibrahim Zaqeq and Diyar Al-Salibi, according to statements by the media activist in Beit Ummar Muhammad Awad, noting that the suffocated people were treated on the spot.
مصادر محلية: قوات الاحــتلال تعتقل الشابين إبراهيم زعاقيق وديار الصليبي عقب اقتحام منزليهما في بلدة بيت أمر شمال الخليل. pic.twitter.com/JNpuQTLUNn
— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) February 28, 2022
This afternoon, the occupation forces also arrested a young man from Dar Salah village, east of Beit Lahm, as he was passing through a military checkpoint, in addition to two young men from Jenin refugee camp. Moreover, they raided a house in the city of Tubas in the northeastern occupied West Bank.
The IOF, Sunday, arrested the freed prisoner, Naseem Salah, from Jenin refugee camp, while he was passing through a military checkpoint near Qalqilya.
In a related context, today, Monday, Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian vehicles with stones on the Jenin road near the evacuated “Homish” settlement, causing damage to a number of them, according to statements by Ghassan Daghlas, the official in charge of the settlement file in the northern West Bank.
Daghlas pointed out that the settlers obstructed the movement of Palestinian vehicles and prevented them from traveling along the Jenin-Nablus road.
Moreover, the mayor of Sebastia, north of Nablus, in the northern West Bank, Muhammad Azem, stated that dozens of settlers stormed the archaeological site in Sebastia, under IOF heavy protection, after the latter closed the area and prevented citizens from entry.
