- Title: Worshippers scatter after tear gas fired at Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque compound
- Date: 6th April 2024
- Summary: JERUSALEM (APRIL 6, 2024) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) WORSHIPPERS DISPERSING AFTER TEAR GAS FIRED FROM DRONES ACCORDING TO WITNESSES IN AL-AQSA MOSQUE COMPOUND WORSHIPPERS RUNNING AWAY PEOPLE CHANTING THEN RUNNING AS TEAR GAS FIRED INSIDE THE COMPOUND VARIOUS OF WORSHIPPERS CHANTING SLOGANS INSIDE THE COMPOUND, DOME OF THE ROCK IN BACKGROUND MUSLIM WORSHIPPERS CHANTING IN (Arabic) GOD IS GREATEST, INSIDE AL-AQSA COMPOUND AFTER DAWN PRAYER WORSHIPPERS CHANTING INSIDE THE COMPOUND WORSHIPPERS LEAVING COMPOUND AND CHANTING SLOGANS FOR GAZA AND AL-AQSA VARIOUS OF MUSLIMS ATTENDING DAWN PRAYER AND PRAYING FOR PEOPLE IN GAZA
- Embargoed: 20th April 2024 06:11
- Keywords: Al-Aqsa mosque Gaza Hamas Israel Palestinians dawn prayer muslims tear gas
- Location: JERUSALEM
- City: JERUSALEM
- Country: Jerusalem
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
- Reuters ID: LVA001320906042024RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Israeli police for the second day fired tear gas to disperse worshippers after dawn prayers in the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem on Saturday (April 6).
Worshippers were performing dawn prayers on the last Friday prayers of Ramadan at al-Aqsa, regarded by Muslims as Islam's third holiest site.
The Israeli police unit said in a statement that thousands of worshippers attended and some started to chant slogans, some of which were provocative. Others set off fireworks towards policemen and the police moved to disperse the crowd. The statement added that 16 Palestinians were detained outside the compound.
During prayers, hundreds gathered near the Dome of the Rock, chanting in support of Gaza and for the Al-Aqsa mosque compound.
While the area is often the scene of clashes between the two faiths, Palestinian worshippers said Israeli authorities have restricted their access to al-Aqsa since the start of Israel's war on Hamas militants in Gaza on October 7.
The compound which is located in the heart of the Old City of Jerusalem, is also known as the third holiest shrine to Muslims, known to Jews as Temple Mount.
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