At least six people were injured after Israeli police raided Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque on Wednesday. The raid, which police said was a response to rioting, comes during a time of growing violence in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories.
At least half a dozen people were injured after Israeli police raided the compound of the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s old city early Wednesday, in an operation described by law enforcement as a response to rioting.The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said that it could not confirm the total number of people wounded, as it was denied access to the mosque itself until it had been cleared.
Israeli police did not immediately return a request for comment early Wednesday. It said in a statement to that agitators had locked themselves in the mosque armed with sticks, stones and firecrackers, and that security forces were attacked with stones when they entered the mosque.The latest incident further heightens tensions during a time of growing political upheaval and violence in the both Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, and just as the Muslim holy month of Ramadan coincides with the Jewish Passover holiday.
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