OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — More than
70
Palestinians were wounded after Israeli occupation forces attacked a funeral
procession of a young man who succumbed to his wounds — which were sustained
from Israeli forces at Al-Aqsa Mosque last month, Al-Jazeera reported.
اضافة اعلان
Palestinians were burying Walid Al-Sharif, 23, late
Monday. Hundreds of mourners joined the funeral procession Sharif’s body was
carried by mourners across the Al-Aqsa compound and brought through the Old
City’s Herod Gate, before burial at a nearby cemetery.
Israeli occupation forces then attacked, according
to a report by the Palestinian news agency, Wafa.
The
Palestinian Red Crescent rescue service said 71
Palestinians were wounded, they added that the injuries occurred “during
clashes with occupation forces”, with Israeli police firing rubber bullets and
stun grenades, in and around Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem’s Old City.
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Club advocacy group said
more than 50 people were arrested.
The violence erupted days after a Israeli raid on
the funeral procession of veteran Al-Jazeera reporter
Shireen Abu Akleh, who
was shot by Israeli forces in the West Bank.
Palestinians and the TV network said Israeli troops
killed her, while Israel said Palestinian gunfire may have been to blame.
Anger over her death was compounded Friday when
baton-wielding Israeli police in annexed east Jerusalem beat pallbearers
carrying Abu Akleh’s coffin which was covered by a Palestinian flag.
The incident has been strongly condemned around the
world, including by the US, EU, UN, and the Vatican.
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