Clashes took place this Sunday morning on and near the esplanade of the Mosques in Jerusalem between Israeli police and Palestinian demonstrators, leaving more than 20 injured, two days after violent clashes on the third holiest site of Islam . In the morning, “hundreds” of Palestinian demonstrators, according to the Israeli police, began to pile up “stones” on the esplanade shortly before the arrival of Jews who can visit this place at specific times and under certain conditions.
VIDEO. Jerusalem: at least 150 injured in clashes on the Esplanade of the Mosques
Thus, the Israeli security forces entered the esplanade of the Mosques with the aim of “dislodging” the demonstrators and “restoring order”, specified the police. For its part, the Palestinian Red Crescent reported 19 wounded Palestinians, five of whom were evacuated to local hospitals, stressing that some of the injured had been hit by rubber bullets.
Buses stoned on the outskirts of the city
At the same time, Palestinians threw stones at buses on the outskirts of Jerusalem in the eastern part of the city. Five Israelis were injured according to local media as security forces announced that they had arrested two Palestinians.
The incidents come as Easter Mass, prayers for Passover, Passover, and the Muslim month of Ramadan are held in the Old City of Jerusalem on Sunday. The UN had called for a “de-escalation” to prevent tensions in Jerusalem from turning into war between the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas and Israel.