BAGHDAD, May 9 (NNN-NINA) – The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, condemned yesterday, Israeli forces’ storming of Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque that injured hundreds of Palestinians.
“The Iraqi government condemns the Israeli forces’ storming of al-Aqsa Mosque, during Friday prayers, which led to the spread of intimidation and panic among Palestinian worshippers,” the ministry said in a statement.
The ministry expressed Iraq’s solidarity with the Palestinians and called on the Israeli forces to end the acts against the Palestinian people.
The clashes erupted on Friday, when Israeli police forces stormed the yards of Al-Aqsa Mosque and fired rubber bullets and tear gas canisters, to disperse dozens of demonstrators, leaving at least 205 Palestinians injured, according to Palestinian sources. Only six Israeli police forces were slightly injured.
Tensions between Israelis and Palestinians have mounted recently, as Israel decided to resettle, forcefully, Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah, a predominantly Palestinian neighbourhood in East Jerusalem.– NNN-NINA
