Zionist police raided the mosque compound as thousands of people, many of them elderly, women, and children, were attending the early morning prayers, causing panic and forcing people to rush seeking safety from the police rubber bullets, stun grenades and tear gas.

Zionist police unleashed their firepower at the civilian worshippers in all directions as they broke into the walled holy compound without any consideration for the elderly and children who were there.

The Red Crescent said it handled dozens of injuries and transferred more than 60 people, many of them hit in the upper part of the body, to hospitals in Jerusalem as it set up a field hospital to handle the many injuries expected from the police attack.

The attack came as Palestinian Muslims prepare to attend the second Friday of Ramadan prayer at Al-Aqsa Mosque as tens of thousands of people are expected to be there. (ILKHA)