Several Palestinians including children, women and senior citizens were left injured and killed after a recent attack at the Al-Aqsa mosque. The Israeli forces attacked people for the third time in the last three days.
The violence in the mosque also led to air strikes or deadly bombing in the Gaza strip by Israel. Close to 20 people including children died in the Gaza attack.
According to sources, nearly 300 Palestinian Muslims including seven children. The reason behind the continuous attacks are the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in Palestine, where around 40 Palestinians, including 10 children are threatened with eviction as Jewish settlers seek to take over their homes.
However, other reports suggest that the Israeli force retaliated with violence after many Palestinians violated COVID-19 norms.
It is to be noted, the attack was on the 10th of May, which is the East Jerusalem Day, marked as the victory of Israel in the 1967 war. East Jerusalem was occupied and subsequently annexed by Israel in the 1967 war.
Sheikh Ikrima Sabri, the Imam of Al Aqsa mosque, alleged that Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the raid on the holy mosque’s compound “to satisfy the settlers, so that he would remain the prime minister.”
Meanwhile, Hamas, the Islamist militant group that controls Gaza, set a 6 p.m. (1500 GMT) deadline for the Israel forces to be removed from Al Aqsa mosque and Sheikh Jarrah.
The United States (U.S.,)Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the rocket attacks from Gaza against Israel should stop “immediately.” He urged all sides to take steps to reduce tensions.
Tension had been building for weeks during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, amid clashes between Israeli security forces and Palestinian protesters prompting international concern that events could spiral out of control.
