JERUSALEM: A video share by Al-Jazeera shows an Israeli soldier kicking a Palestinian man offering Friday afternoon prayer.
In the footage, a man have been seen holding prayers outside Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and as he kneed on a mat, an Israeli officer kicked him from behind.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPGccKxYhjA
The main weekly prayers on Fridays at Al-Aqsa mosque compound typically draw largest number of worshippers-typically thousand.
Tensions rose and protests erupted over new security measures at al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
The Israeli ministers decided to barred Muslim men under 50 from prayer and not to order the removal of metal detectors erected at entrances, a move, Palestinians charging as an Israeli attempt to claim further control over the site.
Worshippers have been refusing to enter due until they removed the metal detectors.
The measures have sparked clashes between worshippers and Israeli police that fired tear gas, live ammunition, and rubber-coated bullets and also thrash them following Muslim Friday prayers.
Israeli border guards detain a Palestinian youth during a demonstration outside the Lions Gate, a main entrance to Al-Aqsa mosque compound, due to newly-implemented security measures by Israeli authorities which include metal detectors and cameras, in Jerusalem’s Old City on July 17, 2017.
Israel reopened the ultra-sensitive holy site, after it was closed following an attack by Arab Israeli men in which two Israeli policemen were killed. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI
Israeli security forces detain a Palestinian protester during clashes following prayers outside Jerusalem’s Old City on July 21, 2017, after Israeli police barred men under 50 from entering the Old City for Friday Muslim prayers as tensions rose and protests erupted over new security measures at the highly sensitive Al-Aqsa mosque compound.
The ban came after Israeli ministers decided not to order the removal of metal detectors erected at entrances to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount, following an attack nearby a week ago that killed two policemen. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI
Israeli security forces detain a Palestinian protester during clashes following prayers outside Jerusalem’s Old City on July 21, 2017, after Israeli police barred men under 50 from entering the Old City for Friday Muslim prayers as tensions rose and protests erupted over new security measures at the highly sensitive Al-Aqsa mosque compound.
The ban came after Israeli ministers decided not to order the removal of metal detectors erected at entrances to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount, following an attack nearby a week ago that killed two policemen. / AFP PHOTO / Ahmad GHARABLI
Palestinian worshippers run for cover from teargas, fired by Israeli forces, following prayers outside Jerusalem’s Old City in front of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound after Israeli police barred men under 50 from entering the Old City for Friday Muslim prayers as tensions rose and protests erupted over new security measures at the highly sensitive holy site on July 21, 2017.
The ban came after Israeli ministers decided not to order the removal of metal detectors erected at entrances to the Haram al-Sharif mosque compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount, following an attack nearby a week ago that killed two policemen. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI
Palestinians lift a man onto a wheelchair during clashes after border guards dispersed Muslim worshippers with tear gas following prayers outside Jerusalem’s Old City on July 21, 2017, after Israeli police barred men under 50 from entering the Old City for Friday Muslim prayers as tensions rose and protests erupted over new security measures at the highly sensitive Al-Aqsa mosque compound.
The ban came after Israeli ministers decided not to order the removal of metal detectors erected at entrances to the Haram al-Sharif mosque compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount, following an attack nearby a week ago that killed two policemen. / AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ
Three Palestinians were killed on Friday in clashes between protestors and Israeli security forces in East Jerusalem, Palestinian sources have reported. Israel’s military say over 3,000 took part in protests throughout the West Bank and East Jerusalem on Friday. Clashes also erupted between protestors and Israeli forces in the south of the Gaza Strip.
Thousands of Palestinians usually attend Friday prayers at the al-Aqsa compound [Jack Guez/AFP]
At least three Palestinians and many were getting treated for their injuries.
The Palestinians who were killed in clashes was an 18-year-old Muhammad Mahmoud Sharf from Silwan, 20-year-old Mohammad Abu Ghannam and 17-year-old Mohammad Lafi.
The controversy has resonated beyond Israel and the Palestinian territories, with the United States and the UN Middle East envoy expressing concern.
