JERUSALEM,  July 22, 2017 (WAFA) – A number of Palestinians, including journalists, were injured on Saturday after Israeli forces attacked Muslim worshippers outside al-Aqsa Mosque at Lions’ Gate (Bab al-Asbat) of Jerusalem’s Old City, said WAFA correspondent.

Forces reportedly attacked the worshippers with clubs and sprayed them with waste water, causing several injuries among them.

Israelis shot dead three Palestinians and wounded hundreds others on Friday in a day of rage called for in support of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and in protest against new Israeli measures at the Muslim holy site.

Israeli police closed the mosque last Friday for Muslims following an attack outside its gates that left three alleged attackers and two policemen dead. The mosque was reopened on Sunday but after metal detectors were installed, a move the Palestinians said they will not accept because it changes the status quo at the mosque.

Since then, Palestinian Muslims have been holding the daily prayers outside the gates to the mosque, insisting that they will not enter it for worship until the metal detectors are removed.

According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, its crews treated at least 57 injury cases resulting from clashes that took place in Jerusalem today.  

T.R.