THREE JERUSALEMITE WOMEN ARRESTED AT AQSA MOSQUE

Israeli occupation intensifies measures at al-Aqsa entrances.(AlRAY Photo Archive)

Al Quds, 7 Dhulhijja 1435/1 September 2014 (MINA) –  The Israeli police arrested Monday evening three Jerusalemite women in at the Aqsa mosque under the pretext of shouting Takbeer.

Eyewitnesses confirmed that the three female detainees were taken to an Israeli interrogation center in the Old City, Palestinian Information Center quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

The three detainees were arrested for chanting religious slogans and preventing settlers from entering the Aqsa mosque, media sources said.

In a related context, the Palestinian prisoner society said that the Israeli occupation forces arrested a Palestinian student at Quds University in Jericho at a military checkpoint near the city, while another one was arrested after brutally storming his home in Salfit city to the north of the West Bank.

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In another incident, the military courts in Salam and Ofer issued prison sentences against seven Palestinians to prison and imposed heavy fines on them, the society added.

Meanwhile, Israeli special forces stormed section 3 in Ramon prison on Monday evening.

In its brief statement, the society said that detainees Omer Khroat and Osama Salal were transferred from the jail during the raid on the section.

Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails are daily exposed to several violations, including physical abuse, deliberate medical neglect and solitary confinement.(T/R04/R03)

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Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)

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