The Jerusalem uprising, as it has been dubbed (in Arabic intifada al-Quds), raged last night in occupied Jerusalem for the 11th night in a row in protest against Israeli police and settlers’ provocations and assaults on the city’s Palestinian residents, and expanded to reach the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Fri, April 23, Gaza
In Gaza, dozens of Palestinians gathered at the border in the north of the Gaza Strip where they clashed with Israeli soldiers across the border. Israeli soldiers opened fire at the Palestinians injuring three people.
Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets in several areas in the #Gaza Strip last night in solidarity with the Palestinians in occupied #Jerusalem being repressed by Israeli forces and settlers on a daily basis. pic.twitter.com/YytL945k2t
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) April 24, 2021
People in the Gaza Strip also demonstrated in the cities against Israeli actions in occupied Jerusalem, and several projectiles were fired from Gaza last night and fell in southern Israel without causing any injury or damage.
Fri, Apri 23, West Bank
The Palestinian Red Crescent treated 13 injuries from last night’s clashes with Israeli soldiers at Qalandia checkpoint, north of Jerusalem, and at the DCO checkpoint, north of Ramallah, two of them were taken to hospitals. The clashes broke out last night in support of the Jerusalem uprising and against Israeli treatment of the Palestinians in the holy city.
Clashes between young #Palestinians and #Israeli occupation forces in #Qalandiya, outside 'the wall', just north of occupied #Jerusalem pic.twitter.com/P7oQJY0tur
— tim anderson (@timand2037) April 23, 2021
Fri, Apri 23, Jerusalem
The Palestinian Red Crescent said it treated 20 people injured in the clashes with police in and around the old city of Jerusalem, four of them were transferred to hospitals in the city while the rest were treated at the location.
It also treated 13 injuries from last night’s clashes with Israeli soldiers at Qalandia checkpoint, north of Jerusalem, and at the DCO checkpoint, north of Ramallah, two of them were taken to hospitals. The clashes broke out last night in support of the Jerusalem uprising and against Israeli treatment of the Palestinians in the holy city.
Jerusalem this evening. Palestinians all over Palestine are coming out to stand with their city. Those who push the narrative of Palestinian defeatism because of this dark chapter in our history fundamentally misunderstand who we are as a people. pic.twitter.com/M13CygAedy
— Salem Barahmeh (@Barahmeh) April 23, 2021
Jewish settlers attacked Palestinian homes and property in the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails at homes and cars. One Palestinian woman was injured in the head when settlers threw rocks at a car she was in.
Thu, Apr 22, Jerusalem
Over 100 Palestinians were injured and 50 others were detained in nightly violent clashes with Israeli police and Jewish settlers amid simmering tensions surrounding the holy month of Ramadan in the occupied city of East Jerusalem.
יהודים תוקפים בית בעיר העתיקה. אם תדליקו את הרמקולים תשמעו את הבכי של הילדים. pic.twitter.com/lgR5HaXe1s
— نير حسون Nir Hasson ניר חסון (@nirhasson) April 22, 2021
Violent clashes broke out between extremist Jewish settlers and Palestinians after some 300 extremist Jewish settlers marched towards Damascus Gate outside the Old City of Jerusalem, shouting “Death to the Arabs” and “Arabs get out”.
Clashes as Jewish far right march in Jerusalem, call for "Death To Arabs!"
After a week of violent assaults on Arab Israelis and Palestinian residents of Jerusalem, hundreds of Jewish far-right activists have marched in what they call an effort to "restore Jewish dignity". pic.twitter.com/6f95PKWHSD
— Claire L. (@MagdaGoebbels2) April 22, 2021
The Israeli Lahava terror group, which advocates killing Palestinians in Jerusalem and taking over their homes, joined the police in attacking the city’s Palestinian residents.
Tue, April 13
Around 70,000 Palestinians take part in the worship every night, and police continued to attack the people and close the area with metal barricades in an effort to prevent people from hanging around Damascus Gate, one of the main gates to the old city of Jerusalem.
Mon, April 12
The Jerusalem uprising started with the advent of the holy Muslim fast month of Ramadan when Israeli police cut off wires to loudspeakers at Al-Aqsa Mosque minarets in Jerusalem to prevent the call for prayer that alert people to the start and end of the fast as well as the time for prayers.
Israeli police broke locks and cut electric lines during Ramadan prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, which are violations of agreements about the shared use of the site between Muslims and Jewish people.https://t.co/0b6gAmLBDr
— Religion News Service (@RNS) April 17, 2021
Israeli police harassed Jerusalem residents leaving Al-Aqsa Mosque, one of the main worship destinations for devout Muslims during the month of Ramadan, following the night prayers and who usually gather at Jerusalem’s old city Damascus Gate plaza to celebrate Ramadan nights.
Police not only harassed but also attacked and forced the hundreds of people who gathered at the plaza to leave the area, often leaving many injuries and people detained by police.
(The Palestine Chronicle, WAFA, Agencies)
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