Organization of Islamic Cooperation condemns Israeli attacks on worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque
Days after Israel killed 7 aid workers in Gaza…on one of the holiest nights of Ramadan for Muslims…Israeli forces used drones to tear gas worshipers inside Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied E Jerusalem.
Imagine the outrage if Jewish worshipers were similarly attacked in a synagogue. https://t.co/ljK0CYDw6A— Rula Jebreal (@rulajebreal) April 6, 2024
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation strongly condemned Israeli forces for preventing thousands of people from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday.
It also denounced a “blatant attack on worshippers in Al-Aqsa Mosque, by firing poison-gas bombs and tear gas at them inside its courtyards, which led to the injury and arrest of hundreds of them, in violation of all international norms, laws and human values.”
Israeli forces prevented thousands of people from the West Bank from entering the occupied city of Jerusalem to pray at the mosque on the last Friday of Ramadan, the Jordan News Agency reported.
Soldiers “imposed restrictions on the entry of worshippers into Al-Aqsa Mosque, checked the identities of young men at the entrances to the Old City and the doors of the mosque, and prevented a number of them from entering,” the agency said.
They also turned away from checkpoints in Qalandiya and Bethlehem checkpoints dozens of elderly people who were on their way to the mosque, telling them they did not have the required permits. [Continue reading…]