known as temple mount to jews, you had coinciding prayers overnight, of course, the holy month of ramadan overnight, muslims were observing overnight prayers. those took place peacefully, but there was a moment of tension there, victor and aymara when israeli authorities overnight accused some youth of barricading themselves inside the mosque. jordan s which is the protector if you will, the manager of al aqsa mosque complex responded quickly to those accusations, warning israel not to enter the mosque as it had several days ago, warning that any raid on al aqsa mosque would have catastrophic consequences. thankfully the night did pass peacefully. but this morning, somewhat muslim worshippers. eyewitnesses telling us they were not allowed into al aqsa mosque to carry out dawn prayers that coincided with some non most non muslim worshippers. rather jewish groups visiting that complex. they are allowed, of course to pass through that site to pass through that contentious area under a hea
requisite votes continuing coverage of switching from washington to israel. now to israel and an event which is widely seen as provocative. in one of his first acts since being appointed, israel s new minister of national security has visited a contested holy site in jerusalem. itamar ben gvir, who has called for a harder line towards the palestinians, walked around the site surrounded by police. a muslim resident ofjerusalem described what happened. translation: we were surprised around dawn prayers with securityj prevented some people from entering the al aqsa mosque. it was surrounded with security, people were not allowed in which showed how fearful they feel and at the same time it s a challenge to the muslim community, the international community and to the israeli prime minister. the hilltop site is the most sacred place injudaism and the third holiest in islam.
who were causing a riot. it said that they had thrown fireworks after dawn prayers, that they had also thrown stones towards jewish worshipers at the western wall just below that. that is of course the holiest of places wherejews can pray. palestinians saw what happened when the police came in using stun grenades and tear gas and hitting people with batons. they saw that as a huge provocation. but what we are hearing is that egypt, qatar and the un very quickly they came in as mediators to try to restore some sense of calm. as you said, washington also had its voice heard and now what has helped to kind of de escalate things is the fact that many of the several hundred palestinians who were arrested yesterday have now been released. we understand there has been a sort of loose agreement made. certainly we have seen no rockets fired by hamas militant groups in gaza and we have also not heard any fresh reports of serious
minister said that the country was preparing for any scenario. this is after israeli police said that they acted to disperse palestinians who were causing a riot. it said that they had thrown fireworks after dawn prayers, that they had also thrown stones towards jewish worshipers at the western wall just below that. that is of course the holiest of places wherejews can pray. palestinians saw what happened when the police came in using stun grenades and tear gas and hitting people with batons. they saw that as a huge provocation. but what we are hearing is that egypt, qatar and the un very quickly they came in as mediators to try to restore some sense of calm. as you said, washington also had its voice heard and now what has helped to kind of de escalate things is the fact that many of the several hundred palestinians who were arrested yesterday have now been released. we understand there has been a sort
to disperse palestinians who were causing a riot. it said that they had thrown fireworks after dawn prayers, that they had also thrown stones towards jewish worshipers at the western wall just below that. that is of course the holiest of places wherejews can pray. palestinians saw what happened when the police came in using stun grenades and tear gas and hitting people with batons. they saw that as a huge provocation. but what we are hearing is that egypt, qatar and the un very quickly they came in as mediators to try to restore some sense of calm. as you said, washington also had its voice heard and now what has helped to kind of de escalate things is the fact that many of the several hundred palestinians who were arrested yesterday have now been released. we understand there has been a sort of loose agreement made. certainly we have seen no rockets fired by hamas militant groups in gaza and we have also not heard any fresh reports of serious arrests, raids by israeli security