Dozens of Palestinians Injured in Clashes with Israeli Soldiers

Dozens of Palestinian protestors were injured on Sunday, in clashes with Israeli soldiers in various West Bank areas, Ma'an news agency reported. 

Most of the injuries were due to ‘suffocation’ after inhaling Israeli teargas.

On Sunday, dozens of Israeli settlers, heavily guarded by Israeli police, stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem and performed rituals, according to witnesses.

They said fanatic settlers, accompanied by a police escort, entered the holy compound in groups in the early morning and performed rituals and walked through the Islamic holy site. There were no reports of clashes with worshipers at the holy site.

Located in occupied Jerusalem, the Al-Aqsa Mosque is the third holiest site for Muslims. It was also Islam’s first Qibla, the direction towards which Muslims must turn to pray, before that was changed to Mecca, in Saudi Arabia.