Tensions remain high in the occupied Palestinian territories

Ramadan is supposed to be a time of peace and reflection; however, in the occupied territories the Zionist regime does not hold this view.

With the desecration of the Al Aqsa Mosque and the exchange of rocket fire between Israel and resistance groups, there is no telling when the next incident will break out.

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  Israeli Brutality

  From the desecration of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, to rocket exchange fire between Israel and resistance groups, there is no telling when the next incident will break out in the occupied territories.
  Tensions remain high in the occupied territories. 

Israeli forces raided the al-Aqsa mosque where worshippers said they were attacked violently.

I was praying and I was sitting on a chair reciting the Quran. They hurled stun grenades; one of them hit my chest. Now my family will see me and they will feel terrible.

Palestinian eyewitness 01

Western media presented another version to the masses reporting that there were clashes inside the mosque.

In the attached video one can hear the muffled sound of Israeli forces batons beating on the flesh of Palestinian worshippers; worshippers who should be allowed to pray but are instead beaten.

They attacked us inside there. All the young people inside are suffering and no one is helping them. What are you waiting for? The attacked everyone inside, the windows of the mosque are all broken. God is great.

Palestinian eyewitness 02

• Israeli aggression against al-Aqsa committed under international cover-up
  

  Israeli aggression against al-Aqsa committed under international cover-up: Bahraini opposition groups

  A group of Bahraini opposition groups blasts the repeated Israeli aggression against the al-Aqsa Mosque and its worshipers as an organized crime being committed under an international cover-up.

Tensions remain high in occupied Palestine. So far this year, around 100 Palestinians have been killed. On Thursday there were rocket attacks from the resistance forces in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip.

Israel retaliated against both territories, Interestingly, blaming Hamas for both and not Hezbollah who have always stood ready  to defend the rights of the Palestinians.

Meanwhile, a car ramming attack occurred in Tel Aviv happening hours after two Israeli settlers were killed in a shooting. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains defiant

Recently I have made it clear that our enemies should not misjudge us, the internal debate in Israel will not prevent us from taking action against them wherever, and whenever, necessary.

All of us, without exception, are united on this.

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister

• ·Israeli settlers break into al-Aqsa Mosque under police protection.
  

  Hundreds of Israeli settlers break into al-Aqsa Mosque under police protection

  Hundreds of Israeli settlers storm the al-Aqsa Mosque compound under the protection of the regime’s forces during the Jewish holiday of Passover.

Broad condemnations and protests have followed with Hamas slamming the Israeli violence.

Today all the Palestinian people are protesting in Gaza in response to Hamas’s call to protest and support the Murabitun and the worshipers in (the) Al-Aqsa compound and to condemn the heinous crime that the (Israeli) occupiers committed by attacking the worshipers in (the) al-Aqsa compound.

Hazem Qassem, Hamas Spokesperson

 The al-Aqsa mosque has long been a flashpoint between Palestinians and Israelis over matters of sovereignty and religion in Al Quds.

Under the long standing status quo arrangement, non Muslims can visit but only Muslims are allowed to worship in the mosque. Yet Israel has acted against this, especially when it comes to extreme settlers.

• London has witnessed large scale Action in support of Palestine outside Israel's UK embassy amid ongoing violence in the occupied Palestinian capital, Al Quds.
  

  Londoners join global outrage at genocidal Israeli attacks on Al Aqsa worshipers

  London has been the scene of large scale Action in support of Palestine outside the Israeli UK embassy amid ongoing violence in the occupied Palestinian capital, Al Quds.

The most infamous provocative Israeli incident at the al-Aqsa mosque occurred on 20th of September 2000, when the Israeli opposition leader at the time, Ariel Sharon, entered the courtyard escorted by over 1000 Israeli police officers and declared it would forever remain under Israel's control.

That led to the Second Intifada, which resulted in the deaths of more than 3000 Palestinians and more than 1000 Israelis over a period of five years.

That sentiment is now carried by the extreme cabinet of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, led by Itamar Ben-Gvir. Israel's extremist minister entered the al-Aqsa mosque compound in occupied al-Quds in January, a move Palestinians called 'a deliberate provocation'.

• Clashes after Israeli forces attacked the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
  

  Israeli forces clash with Palestinian worshiper at Al-Aqsa Mosque, again

  Clashes erupted between Palestinians and Israeli forces when the occupation force’s elite troops attacked worshippers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied al Quds; hundreds were injured and arrested.

The most recent rockets fired from the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, which he blamed Hamas for.

Hamas rockets require more than blasting dunes and empty sites. It's time to rip heads off in Gaza. We must not deviate from an equation that necessitates a serious response for each and every rocket.

Itamar Ben-Gvir

• Israeli minister is to form his own armed force, which opponents and Palestinians have denounced as a radical militia meant to ratchet up the occupying regime's brutality.
  

  Far-right Israeli minister to get his own 'militia': Reports

  A notorious far-right Israeli minister is reportedly to get to form his own armed force.

Ben-Gvir has been convicted for racist incitement against Arabs and support for terrorism. He has also expressed support for Baruch Goldstein, an Israeli American who killed 29 Palestinians at the Ibrahimi mosque in 1994.

His wife Ayala Ben-Gvir, has encouraged every Israeli citizen who can hold a weapon to hold it to save his life. That's code for killing Palestinians.

The Palestinians, on the other hand, have intensified the resistance with groups in the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank becoming more united; that resistance is the only way to confront the Israeli regime.

• At least 30 rockets have reportedly been launched from southern Lebanon into the Israeli-occupied territories in retaliation for raids by Israeli forces that stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque.
  

  Rocket barrages fired from Lebanon as Hezbollah warns Israel over Aqsa Mosque raids

  At least 30 rockets have reportedly been launched from southern Lebanon into the Israeli-occupied territories in retaliation for raids by Israeli forces.

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