JERUSALEM, Tuesday, December 21, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli police today detained three children from occupied East Jerusalem for raising the Palestinian flag at Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, according to WAFA correspondent.

She said the children, who ranged in age between 12 and 13 years, were escorted out of the Muslim holy compound by police after they raised the flag.

Police also attacked and detained an employee of the Muslim Waqf department in charge of Al-Aqsa Mosque and other holy places in Jerusalem.

The employee, identified as Fadi Ilyyan who works as a guard, was attacked and detained after leaving through one of the gates to the walled Al-Aqsa compound.

Palestinian sources said Israel has prevented new employees hired by the Waqf to work as guards from assuming their work at Al-Aqsa Mosque.

At the same time, sources said Israeli police issued a four-month travel ban on Sheikh Ikrima Sabri, former Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine and a preacher at Al-Aqsa Mosque.

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