Palestinian killed by Israeli occupation forces near Al-Aqsa Mosque

Israeli occupation forces have killed a young Palestinian in front of one of the gates to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied Old City of al-Quds

The Palestinian media said the young man, identified as Muhammad al-Osibi, was killed on Friday evening near the Chain Gate, one of the entrances to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Eyewitnesses said gunfire was clearly heard from inside the mosque and that the young man was shot dead as he tried to protect a Palestinian girl who was being prevented by troops from entering the holy site and assaulted at the Chain Gate.

“The Israeli forces opened fire on 26-year-old Osibi, from the Bedouin town of Hura in the occupied Negev, after a fight with one of them as they assaulted a girl in the place,” the Palestinian Safa news agency said.

After the shooting, the Israeli occupation forces closed the doors of al-Aqsa Mosque and mobilized a large number of its forces in the courtyards of the mosque, and imposed restrictions in the Old City.

E.M