Israeli occupation forces storm Al-Aqsa mosque, assault worshippers
A new Palestinian has fallen; Shawkat Kamal Abed was martyred following the injuries he sustained in Jenin yesterday.
Israeli occupation forces violently stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque at dawn on Friday, emptying it of worshippers.
According to Al Mayadeen's correspondent, occupation forces fired sound grenades, teargas, and rubber-coated metal bullets at worshippers, injuring a number of them.
Our correspondent added that "occupation forces pursued the worshippers, assaulting them, and evacuated most of them from Al-Aqsa's courtyards, shutting all gateways there, except for Bab Huta."
In an update, the Red Crescent announced that 67 Palestinian injuries, so far, have been transferred from Al-Aqsa Mosque.
تغطية صحفية : “توثيق اللحظات الأولى لمحاولات قوات الاحتلال اقتحام المصلى القبلي بالمسجد الأقصى المبارك”##اقتحام_الاقصى_برمضان pic.twitter.com/iuhBODdzY2
— AlQastal القسطل (@AlQastalps) April 15, 2022
According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, 59 injuries have so far been transported to Al-Quds hospitals amid confrontations between Palestinians and occupation forces in Al-Aqsa, adding that reporters and medics are among those injured and that most injuries were in the upper parts of the body.
الشبان يتصدون لقوات الاحتلال التي تواصل اقتحامها للمسجد الأقصى pic.twitter.com/jUIngot0Ti
— AlQastal القسطل (@AlQastalps) April 15, 2022
Al Mayadeen's correspondent stressed that occupation forces were obstructing the work of ambulances arriving at Bab Al-Asbat.
Palestinian factions call for a popular march
Palestinian Resistance factions in Gaza called for a popular march after today's Friday prayers in support of Al-Quds and the West Bank.
Palestinian factions in Gaza had announced on Thursday a general mobilization in all places where the Palestinian people are present, inside Palestine or in the diaspora. The factions declared in a statement that they have decided to keep the joint operations room open in order to pursue developments and make the necessary decisions, stressing the factions' unity against the occupation and aggression.
A new martyr in Jenin
The Palestinian Health Ministry announced this morning the martyrdom of Shawkat Kamal Abed due to injuries he sustained in Jenin yesterday. 35 other Palestinians were asphyxiated from inhaling gas during their confrontations with Israeli occupation forces in Beita, south of Nablus.
صورة الشاب شوكت كمال عابد الذي ارتقى فجر اليوم متأثرًا بإصابته برصاص جيش الاحتلال خلال مواجهات يوم أمس في بلدة كفردان شمال غرب جنين". pic.twitter.com/uM2yVLGQqd
— معتز أبوريدة_غزة 𓂆 🇵🇸 (@Palestine_Gaz) April 15, 2022
Al Mayadeen's correspondent had reported yesterday that two martyrs fell by Israeli occupation fire after the IOF stormed a town near Jenin: Martyr Shas Kamamji, the brother of prisoner Ayham Kamamji, and martyr Mostafa Abou Al-Rab.
This is Palestinian Shas Kammaji, the brother of Ayham Kammaji [who escaped from Gilboa jail] — israeli troops just shot him dead in #Jenin pic.twitter.com/0zRvmOkrNs
— Sarah Wilkinson (@swilkinsonbc) April 14, 2022