Israeli occupation police attacked Palestinian worshipers who were denied entry into the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem, causing dozens of injuries.
On Friday morning, Israeli occupation police erected barriers surrounding the Old City of occupied Jerusalem and prevented Palestinian worshipers from reaching the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
At dawn, police enforced strict military measures preventing hundreds of citizens from entering to perform the dawn prayer, searching them, and checking their identification.
Before the Friday prayer, police permitted only a small number of elderly people and residents of the Old City of Jerusalem.
Dozens of worshipers who were denied entry into the Islamic holy site, were forced to gather near the Wadi al-Jouz neighborhood, close to the Old City.
Occupation forces suppressed the worshipers who were unable to reach the mosque, as they performed prayers in the Wadi al-Jouz neighborhood.
Israeli police fired rubber-coated steel bullets, tear gas canisters, and sprayed the worshipers with chemical wastewater, causing dozens to suffer inhalation injuries.
