Friday morning saw thousands of worshippers gathered at the holy Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem for dawn prayers as part of the “Great Dawn campaign”.
About 40,000 Palestinian worshipers attend the Friday prayers at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque, today. 🇵🇸❤️ pic.twitter.com/yNsgxoITRQ
— PALESTINE SUNBIRD 🇵🇸 (@SBPal_Eng) September 8, 2023
Despite Israeli occupation forces tightening security measures, the crowds affirmed their rejection of the occupation and attempts to change the situation at the mosque.
In Pictures: Palestinian worshipers perform the Fajr prayer at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque at dawn today. 🇵🇸#Jerusalem #Palestine pic.twitter.com/LU52AFg0xM
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) September 8, 2023
Despite the peaceful gathering, the city of Jerusalem faced threats of violence as occupation military checkpoints were set up around the Old Military City, the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Confrontations in Shuafat Refugee as IOF Remove Banners and Flags
Palestinian young men clashed with the Israeli occupation forces in the Shuafat refugee camp in occupied Jerusalem after IOF stormed the camp and removed banners and flags that were hung in the streets.
Meanwhile, the Tulkarm Brigade announced that its resistance fighters had taken action against the “Tsanoz” checkpoint in the northern occupied West Bank, targeting it with heavy and successive salvoes of bullets at dawn on Friday. The fighters also directed Israeli reconnaissance planes over the city’s camp.
Further north, in the city of Qalqilya, a number of Palestinian youths threw stones at illegal Israeli settlers’ vehicles at the entrance to the town of Azzun, east of the city, and slightly injured a settler in the head. In the meantime, Israeli occupation forces stormed the town and seized camera recordings from the shops at the entrance to the town before withdrawing.
Source: Palestinian and Israeli media (translated by Al-Manar English Website)
