JERUSALEM: Nearly 100 Palestinians suffered injuries when the Israelisecurity forces raided the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Friday, according to *AlJazeera*.
A Palestinian Red Crescent official told a French news agency that “90injured were transferred” to Jerusalem hospitals and “dozens of otherinjuries were treated in the field”, adding that they “were due to rubberbullets, sound grenades or assaulting”.
Israeli police have reported at least three officers were wounded.
*Al Jazeera* reported that the Islamic endowment that runs the site saidIsraeli Police entered in force before dawn on Friday, as thousands ofworshippers were gathered at the mosque for early morning prayers.
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The Israeli raid is likely to incite violence as a large number ofworshipers are expected today for Friday prayers with “videos circulatingonline showed Palestinians throwing rocks and police firing tear gas andstun grenades.”
The tension in the occupied region rose as Israel launched operationsagainst Palestinians ahead of the Jewish Passover holiday.
