Pakistan
Pakistan condemns attacks on innocent worshippers in Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli Occupation Forces
Islamabad: Pakistan strongly condemns the attacks on innocent worshippers in Al-Aqsa Mosque by the Israeli Occupation Forces that led to a number of injuries.
The statement released by Foreign Office said that such attacks, especially during the Holy Month of Ramadan are against all humanitarian norms and human rights laws.
“We pray for the speedy recovery of the injured, reiterate our steadfast support to the Palestinian cause, and once again urge the international community to take prompt action to protect the Palestinian people,” the statement read adding,
“For lasting peace in the region, we once again underscore the need for a two-state solution in accordance with the relevant United Nations and OIC resolutions, with the pre-1967 borders, and Al-Quds Al-Sharif as the capital of a viable, independent and contiguous Palestinian State.”
More than 200 Palestinians and 17 officers suffered injuries in the night-time clashes at Islam’s third-holiest site and around East Jerusalem.
Most were injured at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, where Israeli police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades to disperse protestors as Palestinians retaliated by throwing stones and bottles.
The footages released from the site shows worshippers throwing chairs, shoes and rocks towards the police and officers opening fire. Israeli police also shut down the gates leading to Al-Aqsa inside the walled Old City.
The Palestine Red Crescent ambulance service said one of the injured lost an eye, two suffered serious head wounds, and two had their jaws fractured. Most were wounded in the face and eyes by rubber-coated rounds and shrapnel from stun grenades.