JERUSALEM: The ultra-sensitive Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City will reopen on Sunday after being closed for more than a day following deadly shootings, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
“It has been decided to reopen the Temple Mount gradually tomorrow for the faithful, visitors and tourists,” the premier’s office said in a statement late Saturday.
Three Arab Israeli assailants opened fire on Israeli police on Friday in the Old City, killing two officers, before fleeing to the nearby compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount, where they were shot dead by police.
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Al-Aqsa Mosque compound to reopen Sunday
Al-Aqsa Mosque compound to reopen Sunday
Red Cross transfers 8 Palestinians from Israeli detention to Gaza
- They were taken across the Karm Abu Salem border crossing to Shuhada Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir Al-Balah, where they were reunited with their families
LONDON: The International Committee of the Red Cross transferred eight Palestinians from Israeli detention to the Gaza Strip on Monday.
The organization took them across the Karm Abu Salem border crossing to Shuhada Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir Al-Balah and helped reunite them with their families.
The Red Cross has been unable to visit Palestinian detainees in Israeli detention centers since October 2023, as a result of which the fate and location of many detainees from Gaza were unknown, the Palestinian Wafa news agency reported.
The Red Cross said that according to the principles of international humanitarian law, detainees must be treated humanely, held in proper conditions and allowed to have contact with their families.
Israel is holding about 9,245 Palestinian prisoners in jails, including 358 held without charge or trial under administrative detention, according to Jerusalem-based rights group HaMoked.
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