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During Ramadan, Israel and Palestine clashed over a mosque, one of the three holiest sites.
Tensions are growing as Israeli police raid a mosque to catch rioters, and the Palestinians respond with rocket attacks.
Reporter Lee Kyung-ah reports.
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The sound of flash grenade explosions reminds us of a battlefield.
The place where Israeli police forcefully entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque, one of the three holiest sites in Islam.
It is also considered a holy place in Judaism.
The raid, which took place early in the morning, quickly turned the quiet temple into a mess.
Police said it was because hundreds of rioters got inside and locked the door.
Some protesters clashed with police and were injured.
[이슬람 신도 : 이스라엘 경찰이 안에 있던 우리를 공격했어요! 젊은이들이 다치는데 아무도 우릴 도와주지 않았어요! 갑자기 섬광탄을 쐈는데 한 발이 내 가슴에 맞았어요. (눈물) 가족들이 이걸 보면 얼마나 놀랄까요?]
Several rockets flew towards Israel from Gaza, a Palestinian-controlled territory.
The Palestinian Authority has warned that the move could lead to “explosive clashes”.
It revealed the possibility of another conflict in a situation where 200,000 Muslims gathered in Jerusalem for Ramadan.
Middle Eastern countries such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt also criticized Israel’s hardline response.
Since the launch of the far-right Netanyahu government at the end of last year, the conflict between the two sides has been growing day by day.
As of April, more than 1,000 Palestinians were detained in Israel without formal prosecution or trial, the highest in 20 years, an Israeli human rights group said.
This is YTN Lee Kyung-ah.
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