Iran Press/ Middle East: Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh said Thursday Palestinians “will not sit with their arms crossed” in the face of Israeli “aggression” against the al-Aqsa Mosque in Quds.
He was speaking in Beirut after Israel blamed Palestinian militants for firing a barrage of rockets from Lebanon at northern Israel.
Haniyeh blamed the Zionist regime for the barbaric attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque and emphasized that the Palestinian nation and resistance groups will never remain silent in the face of these barbaric crimes.
He said: "We will never allow the occupying Zionist regime to proceed with the Jewishization of al-Quds and the division of Al-Aqsa Mosque."
Yesterday, the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) strongly warned in a statement about the settlers' plan to slaughter a goat inside Al-Aqsa Mosque for Jewish Passover and any foolishness or attack of the Zionists on Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Tension rose in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday after Israeli police detained around 350 worshippers from inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex.
A group of Palestinians barricaded themselves inside the Al-Qibli Prayer Hall in the complex after Jewish settlers called for a raid on the mosque. They attempted to prevent police from entering by closing its doors. 219
