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Occupied Jerusalem (QNN)- Well-armed Israeli occupation forces raided the Al-Aqsa mosque in occupied Jerusalem, attacked and injured worshipers, earlier on Tuesday, to make room for settler intrusion. https://twitter.com/qudsnen/status/1516297545835859968?s=21&t=AELsM_vJPKNchK9Dcszmog For the third day in a row, at around 7am, local sources reported, dozens of Israeli forces raided the holy site. They attacked, beat, and chased the worshipers in the courtyards of the mosque, including women and children, in an attempt to empty the mosque of its worshipers in order to secure the entry of the colonial settlers to the holy site to mark the third day of the so-called Passover holiday. https://twitter.com/qudsnen/status/1516324553013841921?s=21&t=AELsM_vJPKNchK9Dcszmog The forces also fired rubber-coated metal bullets, sound bombs and tear gas canisters towards the worshipers. The Israeli forces also blockaded hundreds of Muslim worshipers inside prayer halls. The worshipers reported that the forces sprayed pepper gas while they were trapped inside the halls. During the raid and in the aftermath of the atack, around 622 Israeli settlers stormed the holy site and performed provocative Talmudic prayers. They entered the mosque through the Al-Mughrabi Gate which is under full-Israeli control. https://twitter.com/qudsnen/status/1516335381943304192?s=21&t=AELsM_vJPKNchK9Dcszmog https://twitter.com/qudsnen/status/1516315921786327048?s=21&t=AELsM_vJPKNchK9Dcszmog This is the fourth raid and aggressive assault to be launched by the Israeli occupation forces since last Friday and for the third day in a row. Earlier on Friday, the forces broke into the holy site and brutally attacked the worshipers who gathered to perform the Al-Fajr prayer, injuring around 153 and arresting 400. On Sunday morning, 545 Israeli colonial settlers also broke into the Al-Aqsa mosque, protected by well-armed forces who emptied the site after attacking and arresting worshipers, injuring at least 19 and arresting 9, while on Monday, 561 Israeli settlers broke into the mosque. There had been calls by extremist Jewish groups to storm the compound this week in large numbers starting Sunday to mark the Passover and to perform a Passover sacrifice, in violation of the status quo agreements on religious practice at the site.

For 3rd day in row, Israeli forces raid Al-Aqsa Mosque, attack worshipers

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