JERUSALEM, September 27, 2009 (WAFA)- Nineteen citizens were wounded in clashes between the Israeli Police and Palestinian protesters early Sunday at the The Magharbi Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem.
According to our correspondent in Jerusalem, the Occupation Authorities closed all the gates of the holy Aqsa Mosque before the Israeli police and soldiers attacked the crowds of the citizens, who gathered in the Mosque for praying .
At dawn,extremist Jewish groups declared their intention to attack the Aqsa Mosque on the occasion of the 'Day of Atonement' Jewish Yom Kippur.
The soldiers fired tear gas, and rubber bullets at the crowds, arresting many of the citizens.
The First Aid Arab Union Society said, the Israeli soldiers were shooting on the heads and the chests of the protesters, as what the injured who were received at almaqased hospital in East Jerusalem described .
Israeli Police spokesman Shmuel Ben-Ruby said two policemen were lightly wounded.
Despite the clashes, Jewish extremist continued to pray at the Western Wall – Holy for both Muslims and Jews- in the lead-up to the holiday of Yom Kippur.
The Israel Occupation Forces said Saturday that the West Bank will be under closure until the end of Yom Kippur.
JERUSALEM, September 27, 2009 (WAFA)- Sixteen citizens were wounded in clashes between the Israeli Police and Palestinian protesters early Sunday at the The Magharbi Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem.
According to our correspondent in Jerusalem, the Occupation Authorities closed all the gates of the holy Aqsa Mosque before the Israeli police and soldiers attacked the crowds of the citizens, who gathered in the Mosque for praying .
At dawn,extremist Jewish groups declared their intention to attack the Aqsa Mosque on the occasion of the 'Day of Atonement' Jewish Yom Kippur.
The soldiers fired tear gas, and rubber bullets at the crowds, arresting many of the citizens.
The First Aid Arab Union Society said, the Israeli soldiers were shooting on the heads and the chests of the protesters, as what the injured who were received at almaqased hospital in East Jerusalem described .
Israeli Police spokesman Shmuel Ben-Ruby said two policemen were lightly wounded.
Despite the clashes, Jewish extremist continued to pray at the Western Wall – Holy for both Muslims and Jews- in the lead-up to the holiday of Yom Kippur.
The Israel Occupation Forces said Saturday that the West Bank will be under closure until the end of Yom Kippur.
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