The Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a press statement that this attack is a provocation to millions of Muslims around the world and a flagrant violation of human rights and international covenants.

The Ministry stressed the need for urgent action by the international community to halt the repeated Israeli attacks against the Palestinians and the holy Al-Aqsa Mosque.

It reaffirmed the firm position of Qatar in support of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, including the exercise of their religious rights and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on the borders of 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital.

Meanwhile, Abdul Hadi Awang, the Malaysian prime minister's special envoy for Middle East affairs, strongly condemned the violent attack by the zionist police on Muslims in the Al-Aqsa Mosque which resulted in more than 200 injuries among the worshipers.

Awang added in a statement on Saturday: “The Israeli Zionists committed atrocities by firing smoke and hand grenades and ruthlessly attacking Muslim worshipers with rubber bullets.”

He also pointed out that the occupation police carried out large-scale arrests of worshipers in Al-Aqsa while they were performing the Qiyaam prayers during the last ten nights of the blessed month of Ramadan.

The prime minister’s envoy called on all Muslims to continue protesting in solidarity with the Jerusalemites, stressing that the Palestinian cause is not only a Muslim issue but a global humanitarian issue.

Awang appealed to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the League of Arab States, and the entire Islamic world to take firm measures and condemn the zionist aggression. (ILKHA)