Palestinian Arab sources reported on Thursday that Israeli security forces arrested Fatah activists in eastern Jerusalem following what was described as the success by hundreds of Muslim worshipers in preventing Jews from "breaking in" to the Temple Mount during the Eid al-Adha holiday.
According to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa, the detainees included Yasser Darwish, the secretary of the Fatah movement in Issawiya, and Awad Salayma, who is in charge of the holy places in Al-Quds. Khalil al-Tarhuni, a guard at the Al-Aqsa mosque, was also summoned for questioning, according to the report.
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