Israeli police attack Jerusalemite citizens in Bab al-Amud


Read Time: < 1 minute

Days of Palestine – Jerusalem

The Israeli occupation police on Saturday night attacked Jerusalemite young men in the Bab al-Amud area of the Old City and detained a number of them.

According to local sources, a Palestinian woman was injured when police forces savagely attacked and beat several young men during their presence in Bab al-Amud, set dogs on them, and rounded up six of them.

Read More: Israeli authority forces Jerusalemite family to raze part of its house

Two of those young men were detained after their suffering from injuries during the events.

The police also intensively fired stun grenades during the events and chased young men in Sultan Suleiman’s streets after forcing them to leave Bab al-Amud.

Read More: Center  for Human Rights wins legal decision equating East Jerusalem residents’ health rights with Israeli citizens

In recent days, police officers and extremist settlers escalated their acts of provocation and harassment against Jerusalemite young men in Bab al-Amud.

In a separate incident, violent clashes broke out between Jerusalemite youths and police forces in the Bir Ayyoub neighborhood in the Silwan district.

Local sources said that young men torched a pole carrying security cameras in the neighborhood and showered the police forces with a volley of firecrackers during the skirmishes.


Godfred Meba

View Comments

Recent Posts

GHANA SIGNS DEBT RELIEF PACKAGE WITH FRANCE WORTH 87.7 MILLION EUROS

BY: DANIEL ASARE Finance Minister, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson has touted the country’s recovery from…

19 hours ago

Lands Minister Extends Deadline for Small-Scale Mining License Rectification

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Hon. Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah (MP), has granted an…

19 hours ago

KENNEDY AGYAPONG SPEAKS OUT!

Mr. Kennedy Agyapong Mr. Kennedy Agyapong, a presidential aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP)…

19 hours ago

PRATT CALLS FOR UNITED ACTION ON REPARATION

Mr. Kwesi Pratt, Jnr, a member of the Coordinating Committee of the Pan African Progressive…

2 days ago

PRESIDENT MAHAMA’S THANK YOU TOUR TO THE OTI REGION MARKED BY MASSIVE TURNOUT AND ASSURANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

The President of the Republic of Ghana, H.E. John Dramani Mahama, brought the curtain down…

4 days ago

IGP and POMAB members engage community leaders at Asawase and Tulaku to calm tension

Story by George Yawson Vineh The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Christian Tetteh Yohuno and…

4 days ago