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«Israeli» Forces Detain 15 Palestinians in al-Quds, Ban Youth from al-Aqsa

«Israeli» Forces Detain 15 Palestinians in al-Quds, Ban Youth from al-Aqsa
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15 Palestinian youths were detained overnight Thursday in the old city of occupied East al-Quds, and were later released after being banned from the al-Aqsa mosque compound.

«Israeli» Forces Detain 15 Palestinians in al-Quds, Ban Youth from al-Aqsa

"Israeli" forces carried out large scale detention raids across al-Quds old city overnight Thursday in anticipation of start of the Jewish holy day of Tisha B'av, which commemorates the anniversary of what worshippers believe to be the destruction of the first and second Jewish temples.

Extremist settlers have already stormed the al-Aqsa mosque compound leading up to the day of fasting, and are expected to carry out massive tours in the al-Aqsa compound on reinforced tours at al-Aqsa Mosque on Sunday, the day of Tisha B'av.

"Israeli" forces and intelligence raided most of the neighborhoods in the old city and carried out detention raids detaining 15 youths, who were later released on the condition of being banned from entering the al-Aqsa compound for 15 days.

Alaa al-Haddad, member of the Families of Jerusalem Detainees Committee, said that "Israeli" forces assaulted the youths before handcuffing them and taking them to the al-Qishla police, where they then issued the 15-day bans.

Al-Haddad added that "Israeli" forces closed the entrances of the Old City around 3 am Friday preventing people from coming in or out, claiming that a stabbing operation was carried out in the area.

In past weeks, Israeli authorities have repeatedly cracked down on Waqf employees, detaining, summoning and banning 21 Palestinian employees in the space of 10 days earlier this month.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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