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Mark Ruffalo: Israel attacks Muslim worshipers, journalists at al-Aqsa Mosque
Mark Ruffalo, a famous American actor and director said Israel systematically attacks Muslim worshipers and journalists at the Aqsa Mosque complex in the occupied Jerusalem, amid strengthened Israeli aggression against Palestinians at Al-Aqsa.
Mark Ruffalo said in a press statement via his Twitter account after a new raid of Israeli aggression against Palestinians across the occupied West Bank, including al-Quds, a number of Palestinians were arrested and injured.
“Starting on Friday, almost 500 Palestinians were arrested by the Israeli occupation authorities from al-Aqsa Mosque, and, as you said, 170 were injured, several of whom were in critical condition and several of whom were journalists … targeted by design by the Israeli soldiers,” Ruffalo stated, quoting Mohamed al-Kurd, who made the comment recently during an interview with Democracy Now, the Palestinian Information Center noted.
This is not the first time Ruffalo has denounced the Israeli attack on Palestinians.
Last year, he marked a letter along with 100 other stars, charging Israel of “apartheid occupation and settler colonialism,” as well as “gross human rights violations” and being an “apartheid government of standardized racial discrimination.”
The Hollywood actor also called on the US administration to sanction Israel during its brutal war on the besieged Gaza Strip in 2021.
Besides, in 2020, he charged Israel with apartheid and engaging in “asymmetrical warfare” against Palestinians.
The al-Aqsa Mosque compound has been at the center of weeks of exaggerated Israeli violence against Palestinian worshipers since the start of the holy month of Ramadan.
As a result, over 19 Palestinians, including three boys and three women, have been killed at the hands of Israeli occupation forces and hundreds have been injured.
Thousands of people across the world have taken to the roads to deplore Israeli violence against Palestinians at the al-Aqsa Mosque and elsewhere in the occupied territories.
Pro-Palestinian protests have not been limited to Muslim-majority countries. People in Western states, including the US and the UK, also called to reaffirm their support for Palestinians.
On Friday, Israeli military forces once again assaulted Palestinian worshippers at the al-Aqsa mosque compound. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that rubber-coated metal bullets injured 31 people, including one paramedic while dozens more suffered from tear gas inhalation.
It added that three journalists were injured in the Israeli savage attack, including one who was hit with a rubber-coated bullet in his throat.
More than 11 young men were transferred to the hospital for treatment, two of them in serious condition.
Palestinian sources reported that over 43 Palestinians were wounded in the invasion.
The action came a day after as many as 30 Palestinians were injured after Israeli forces resumed their violent aggression against worshipers at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem.
Last Saturday, Israeli forces injured over 150 worshipers at the complex in their most violent attack against Palestinians during Ramadan.
