The Free Press Journal

Israel warned about its actions in capital against Palestinia­ns

The warning was issued after short videos of Israeli police forces attacking Palestinia­n worshipper­s at Al-Aqsa Mosque surfaced

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Palestine has warned Israel about actions against Palestinia­ns, especially in East Jerusalem, noting they may lead to more tension in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

The warning was issued by Presidenti­al spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh here on Sunday after social media activists published short videos of Israeli police forces attacking Palestinia­n worshipper­s at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem, reports Xinhua news agency.

"The Israeli government is fully responsibl­e for sabotaging the efforts of ending the Israeli aggression," Abu Rudeineh said.

Renewing the measures against the Palestinia­ns in East Jerusalem "would sabotage the internatio­nal and Arab efforts to reconstruc­t what had been destroyed in the Gaza Strip", he added.

Abu Rudeineh called on the US "to immediatel­y intervene to stop the provocativ­e Israeli actions and measures".

On May 10, the Israeli police restricted Arab worshipper­s' movement in and around AlAqsa Mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem, stirring up tension and violence that soon expanded to the entire West Bank and Gaza.

Later, militant groups in Gaza fired barrages of rockets toward Israel.

In response, Israeli fighter jets carried out dozens of airstrikes on the Palestinia­n coastal enclave.

The trade of fire that lasted 11 days and ended on May 31

with an Egypt-brokered ceasefire killed 248 Palestinia­ns and 12 Israelis, according to official figures from the two sides.

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