Events of Al - Aqsa Mosque

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The Al-Aqsa Mosque crisis in 2017 is a continuing crisis related to the Temple Mount, which began on July 14, 2017, after an attack by three Israeli Arab youths that killed two Israeli policemen. Following this attack, Israeli authorities installed metal detectors at the entrance to the Temple Mount. Thousands of Palestinians gathered at the entrances of the Temple Mount to protest the move. Religious leaders, Palestinian political factions, and the Arab League have strongly criticized the new security policies.

On July 25, the Israeli cabinet voted to remove metal detectors and replace them with other means of monitoring. However, Palestinian activists decided to continue the protest, claiming that these cameras represent a greater degree of control than metal detectors. On July 27, Israel removed all security measures from the Haram, making Muslim religious leaders tell Palestinians that they could return to pray inside the mosque. It is reported that 113 Palestinians were injured in clashes with police after the return of thousands of Muslims to pray on the Temple Mount.

In 11 days, eleven people died from the crisis.

Shooting in the mosque
On the morning of July 14, 2017, at 7:00 am, three Israeli Arab gunmen opened fire at Israeli police near Bab Asbat in Jerusalem, killing two policemen and injuring two others in the attack. Then the Israeli police chased the three young men inside the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, until they were hit by bullets. According to the Islamic Waqf Information Department, "soldiers prevented ambulance crews from reaching them." They died there.
The Al-Aqsa Mosque is closed

Metal detectors in the Temple Mount
Following the attack, Israeli authorities closed the Haram al-Sharif and prevented Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque for the first time in half a century. Israeli police also closed the gates of the Old City [?] In Jerusalem. After the Israeli authorities stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque, they began questioning the men of the Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem.

On July 16, Israeli authorities reopened the Al-Aqsa Mosque after it set up metal detectors at the entrances to the compound. Islamic endowments called on Muslims to protest outside the compound and not to enter the mosque through the gates. The Israeli authorities also announced the decision to install cameras outside the mosque to monitor what is happening inside the courtyards of the mosque. On July 21, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ordered the suspension of all official contacts with Israel until the new security measures were canceled.

Thousands of Palestinian youths clashed with Israeli security forces to protest the new security measures. The outcome of Israeli practices against Palestinian po[CENSORED]r protests was three dead and about 400 wounded, which pervaded Jerusalem and other cities.

Following a July 25 Supreme Court ruling, the Israeli authorities released the bodies of the perpetrators at the Al-Aqsa Mosque. After their arrival in the city, the bodies of more than 10,000 people from the city of Umm al-Fahm and the region, hoisted Palestinian flags and sought to fight against Israel and defend al-Aqsa, and praised the operation carried out by the three young men, who described them as heroic martyrs.

On the morning of July 27, the Department of Islamic Endowments and the Mufti of Jerusalem announced a return to prayer at the Al Aqsa Mosque after Israel retreated from its security measures. Thousands of worshipers entered al-Aqsa Mosque for prayers, but clashes erupted between worshipers and Israeli security forces, who entered the yards of the mosque and used sound bombs and tear gas canisters, while at least 113 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli security forces. "The worshipers threw stones at the police, and a policeman was shot in the head and treated at the site," a police spokeswoman said.

On July 28, thousands of Muslim worshipers attended Friday prayers at the al-Aqsa mosque amid tight security in the Old City and the perimeter of the al-Aqsa mosque. Israeli police prevented men under 50 from performing Friday prayers at the Temple Mount.