Israeli occupation forces arrested the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, after his Friday sermon at Al-Aqsa Mosque, condemning Israel’s hunger coverage in Gaza.
Israeli occupation forces arrested the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian Territories and preacher of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, from contained in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem on Friday, in line with the Islamic Endowments Division.
The Islamic Endowments Division acknowledged that Israeli police arrested Sheikh Muhammad Hussein after he delivered the Friday sermon at Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The official Palestinian Information Company WAFA quoted native sources as saying that the occupation forces stormed the audio management room in Al-Aqsa Mosque and arrested Sheikh Muhammad Hussein after he accomplished his sermon.
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Within the sermon, he strongly condemned the coverage of hunger being utilized by the occupation towards the Palestinian individuals within the Gaza Strip.
In line with the identical sources cited by the company, a particular unit of the occupation police additionally raided the room of the pinnacle of the mosque guards and the workplace of the director of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Sheikh Omar Al-Kiswani, concurrently the arrest of the Mufti.
Israeli occupation forces additionally obstructed worshippers from reaching Al-Aqsa Mosque to carry out Friday prayers.
Plenty of younger males have been arrested, and others have been prevented from coming into the mosque, in line with WAFA.
The occupation forces proceed to impose extreme restrictions on the entry of worshippers to Al-Aqsa Mosque, particularly on Fridays, and stop hundreds of Palestinians from the West Financial institution from reaching Jerusalem to hope on the mosque.
(PC, AJA, WAFA)