Occupied Jerusalem, July 14 (Petra) – Israeli occupation police on Tuesday closed the gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif in occupied Jerusalem.

The Jerusalem Governorate said in a brief statement that Israeli occupation police closed the mosque’s gates under the pretext of carrying out military drills inside the Al-Haram Al-Sharif courtyards.

In a related development, more than 100 extremist Jewish settlers stormed the town of Kifl Hares, northwest of Salfit in the occupied West Bank, at dawn Tuesday and attacked Palestinian property.

The Kifl Hares Municipal Council said settlers raided the town under heavy protection from the Israeli occupation army, vandalized property, damaged vehicles, and attempted to attack homes.

Settlers also vandalized greenhouses in Burin, south of Nablus. The Burin Municipality said armed settlers attacked the town and damaged agricultural greenhouses on the main road belonging to a cooperative society.

Meanwhile, Israeli occupation forces launched a wide campaign of raids, incursions, and arrests across several cities, towns, and camps in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem. The raids triggered confrontations in several areas, causing injuries and suffocation cases after Israeli forces fired toxic tear gas canisters at Palestinian citizens.

The Palestinian Prisoners Society said Israeli occupation forces arrested 30 Palestinians after raiding dozens of homes and tampering with their contents.

During the campaign, Israeli occupation forces detained several Palestinians and subjected them to field interrogations after abusing them for hours, it added. They also prevented Palestinian ambulance crews from reaching a patient in Beit Furik, east of Nablus, after closing a military checkpoint in the town.

//Petra// AO