Israeli Occupation Forces Kidnap More than 250 Palestinians During Current Aqsa Intifada

The Palestinian ministry of prisoners’ affairs stated Saturday that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnapped more than 250 Palestinians including 30 children under age 14 during the current Intifada (uprising) which broke out in defense of the Aqsa Mosque.

The ministry’s information office said that most of detainees were from the areas of Issawiya, Wadi Joz and Sawwanah and few of them were released on bail while many others would be detained for several days.

The office added that all the Palestinians who were taken prisoners during the recent clashes were maltreated, humiliated and severely beaten during detention.'

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49 Palestinians Injured by Israelis in al-Quds Clashes

Nearly 50 Palestinians have been reported wounded in Jerusalem al-Quds in clashes with Israeli forces.

The Red Crescent in al-Quds reports that 49 Palestinians were wounded by noon in the Old City on Tuesday.

Among the wounded were 14 that incurred injures from rubber bullets while 16 suffered from tear gas inhalation. The rest of the injured were beaten by Israeli forces, Ynet reported.

Israeli police said its forces fired rubber bullets and stun grenades to disperse the crowd which gathered in differed neighborhoods in East al-Quds to protest the inauguration of a rebuilt synagogue in the Old City near the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.'

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