The Israel Police commented on the clashes with worshipers at Al-Aqsa Mosque and said that "dozens of law-breaking youths, some of them masked, brought fireworks and rocks into the mosque with the aim of disrupting the order in the place - while desecrating the mosque."
The police further stated that "at a certain point they tried again to close the doors of the mosque and prevent the worshipers from leaving, with the aim of barricading themselves in the place. The police forces prevented the lawbreakers from closing the doors and barricading themselves, and helped the worshipers leave the mosque. In the meantime, the lawbreakers began shouting incitement, shooting fireworks, and throwing objects towards the police officers who were operating at the scene."
(Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Passover in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)
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