Israeli forces brutally attack Palestinians taking part in funeral procession in Jerusalem
Occupied Jerusalem (QNN)- Israeli occupation forces on Monday brutally attacked Palestinians taking part in the funeral procession of a youth who succumbed to his injuries sustained in one of Israel’s raids of Jeruslaem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque during last month of Ramadan.
On Monday evening, local sources reported, dozens of well-armed Israeli forces brutally attacked hundreds of Palestinian mourners participating in the funeral procession of Walid Al-Sharif and fired live bullets, teargas and stun grenades at them.
Watch | Confrontations erupted in occupied Jerusalem tonight as Israeli occupation forces attacked the funeral procession of Palestinan martyr Walid Sharif. pic.twitter.com/BxWtYAVE31
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) May 16, 2022
BREAKING: Israeli occupation forces storm the cemetery and attack mourners during the burial of Palestinan martyr Walid Sharif in occupied Jerusalem. pic.twitter.com/U69EPrIy2k
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) May 16, 2022
BREAKING: Israeli police attack the funeral procession of Palestinan martyr Walid Sharif outside Herod's Gate in the old city of Jerusalem. pic.twitter.com/SZpt9J0WTi
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) May 16, 2022
The forces also used skunk water cannons in attacking and dispersing the mourners.
BREAKING: Israeli occupation forces fire live bullets, teargas and stun grenades at mourners during the funeral procession of martyr Walid Sharif in occupied Jerusalem. pic.twitter.com/32NHND4c3I
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) May 16, 2022
The Palestinian Red Crescent confirmed that they treated at least 70 people who sustained injuries by rubber-coated steel bullets, beating, stun grenades and tear gas canisters.
Video | A paramedic was brutally assaulted by Israeli police officers while providing first aid to mourners wounded in the Israeli attack on Palestinian martyr Walid Sharif's funeral in occupied Jerusalem. pic.twitter.com/vAWb4poybd
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) May 16, 2022
The occupation forces also arrested at least 16 people.
At least 18 Palestinians were arrested by the Israeli occupation forces during the funeral procession of martyr Walid Sharif in occupied Jerusalem, according to local sources. pic.twitter.com/tdsplFR98D
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) May 16, 2022
On April 22, Walid Al-Sharif was shot in the head by a rubber-coated metal bullet fired by Israeli occupation forces who attacked thousnads of Palestinian worshipers at Al-Aqsa mosque, including Al-Sharif, while marking the third Friday of the holy month of Ramadan.
That day, the Israeli forces injured at least 57 people, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent.
Al-Sharif was arrested by the Israeli forces before he was rushed to a hospital to get medical treatment as his condition was described as critical.
Local sources reported that Al-Sharif, a 21-year-old resident of Beit Hanina neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem, died in the hospital on Saturday after he was in a coma since he was injured, causing him a head laceration and severe bleeding in the brain.
The moment when a Palestinian young man was wounded and arrested by Israeli occupation soldiers early today morning inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.#AlAqsaUnderAttack pic.twitter.com/qvHTT5ozC2
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) April 22, 2022
