(MENAFN) On Saturday, May. 8 the Libyan government denounced Israeli forces' storming of the yards of Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem that wounded hundreds of Palestinian people.
The Foreign Ministry stated in a report: "the State of Libya condemns the occupation forces' incursion into the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and attack on the safe, unarmed worshipers of the Palestinian people while they perform their religious rituals in the holy month of Ramadan, as well as the practices of the occupation authorities related to the forced eviction of Palestinian families from the holy city of Jerusalem."
The report noted: "it threatens to escalate the situation and to cause dangerous repercussions that threaten the lives of Palestinian citizens and undermine the possibility of achieving a just and comprehensive peace in the region."
Palestinian sources said that fights broke out on Friday when Israeli police forces stormed the yards of Al-Aqsa Mosque and shot rubber bullets and tear gas canisters to separate protestors, wounding 205 Palestinian persons as a minimum.
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