Ramallah, March 28 (QNA) – Israeli police detained on Tuesday six Islamic Awqaf guards at Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in in Jerusalem. Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) reported that Israeli police raided the houses of the four guards and detained them.
On Monday, Israeli police detained four guards after they stopped a Jewish archaeologist from stealing an ancient mosque stone. Director of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Omar Kiswani, was also detained when he tried to intervene on behalf of the guards as they attempted to prevent the theft.
Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday opened gunfire at Palestinian agricultural lands near Khan Younis, south of Gaza Strip, local sources said. There were no reports of casualties.
The Israeli army regularly opens fire on Palestinians along the border areas, which Israeli has unilaterally declared as a buffer zone. (QNA)
