A heavy police presence remained at the site of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jersualem on Wednesday, April 5, after Israeli Police
said they removed more than 350 individuals who had “violently barricaded” themselves inside the holy site overnight.Footage recorded by the Filistin Post, a Palestinian news outlet, shows several armed officers at the mosque on Wednesday.Multiple people were
reported injured following the action.Israeli Police
said they “arrested and removed over 350 individuals that violently barricaded themselves in the Temple Mount, including masked individuals, stone and firework hurlers/throwers, and individuals suspected of desecrating the mosque.”Footage circulating online
shows police in riot gear beating people and fireworks detonating inside the mosque.Following the clashes, the Israeli military
said at least nine rockets were fired from Gaza, four of which were intercepted. No injuries were reported.The clashes at Al-Aqsa, Islam’s third holiest site, occurred amid Ramadan and as Passover starts. Credit: Filistin Post via Storyful