At least 300 people were injured during an Israel Police assault on the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem

Havana, April 5 (RHC) At least 300 people were injured during an Israel Police assault on the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, where tear gas and flash grenades were used to evict the occupants of the compound.

This month Muslims celebrate Ramadan and were praying in the mosque, which was full of women, children and elderly people.

According to local media, around 10:00 p.m. local time, the officers stood at the doors of the mosque, preventing the faithful from entering. Later, they entered the building, leaving dozens injured by rubber bullets, pepper spray and stun grenades, and preventing medical treatment for those affected.

The Security Forces evicted the women and children from the mosque, and then the confrontation with the men began, who according to police sources quoted by Israeli media, confronted the agents with sticks, stones and fireworks.

According to Palestinian media, the spokesman for the Palestinian Presidency, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, warned the Israeli forces "not to cross red lines" in the holy places, assuring that they will be responsible for the damage and warning that an escalation of violence "will have dangerous consequences for all.

The Palestinian prime minister, Mohamad Shtayé, described what is happening in Jerusalem as a religious crime against the faithful and defended the right to pray in the Al-Aqsa mosque of Palestinian Muslims.