Israeli forces arrested four Palestinian girls outside the Al-Aqsa mosque compound and another girl inside on Sunday, witnesses said, on a day in which dozens of right-wing Jewish Israelis entered the compound.
Witnesses told that 16-year-old Ayah Abu Nab was arrested at the al-Aqsa compound's Chain Gate as she attempted to enter, while Ayah al-Zaghal, 12, Anhar al-Ajlouni, 12, and Randas Abu Sneina, whose age is unclear, were detained as they were leaving by the same gate.
The four were taken to a nearby police station.
In a separate incident, Israeli police physically assaulted a 10-year-old Palestinian girl, Hadil al-Rajabi, inside the al-Aqsa compound.
Sources inside the Palestinian Ministry of Endowment's Jerusalem office, which is based inside the compound, told that when the officers assaulted the girl, a Palestinian security guard, Abd al-Rahman al-Sharif, intervened to defend her and was also assaulted.
Meanwhile, dozens of right-wing Jews, including more than 80 religious students, were said to have entered the Al-Aqsa compound through the Moroccan Gate on Sunday morning.
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