JERUSALEM, Tuesday, April 20, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli police attacked last night Palestinians who gathered at Damascus Gate area in East Jerusalem following the night prayer at Al-Aqsa Mosque and dispersed them by force, according to witnesses.
They said the police, and for the sixth night in a row, attacked the people with stun grenade and sprayed them with wastewater, while pursuing some and beating them up.
The police have been attacking the Palestinians at the Damascus Gate plaza every night since the start of the holy fast month of Ramadan when people gather in the thousands at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s old city to perform the Ramadan night prayers. After people leave the Mosque, they gather and sit on the steps outside Damascus Gate before police start to disperse them by force.
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