Scores of worshippers, including Turkish tourists, suffered gas inhalation on 6 December after Israeli police stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. According to reports, Israeli police surrounded a number of worshippers inside the compound. Since 4 December, Israeli forces have imposed tight restrictions on worshippers in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, withholding worshippers’ identification cards at the compound’s entrance. Muslim worshippers stood up to an attempt by Jewish settlers to place a menorah – a Jewish religious symbol – atop the Dome of the Rock inside the Al-Aqsa compound. In recent weeks, groups of Jewish settlers, often accompanied by Israeli security forces, have repeatedly entered the Aqsa Mosque complex.
ISRAELI POLICE STORM AL-AQSA MOSQUE COMPOUND
Scores of worshippers, including Turkish tourists, suffered gas inhalation on 6 December after Israeli police stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. According to reports, Israeli police surrounded a number of worshippers inside the compound.
