Ammon News - A group of young Jerusalemites scuffled on Thursday with Israeli soldiers near a gate of Al-aqsa mosque after being prevented from entering the mosque. During the confrontations ,Israeli troops used batons and pepper sprays against the Palestinians who chanted slogans against the occupation,Palestinian sources said.

The sources added that dozens of young Jerusalemites stayed the whole night at the mosque to confront the settlers who called for a broad storming of Al-Aqsa yards and raising the Israeli flags in response to what they called the raising of Palestinian flags and banners of Palestinian factions .

"Radical settlers also called for breaking into the Dome of the Rock",the sources added.

A state of high tension prevails inside Al-Aqsa Mosque with a large number of Israeli soldiers deployed in the area and around the gates of the mosque .

Meanwhile, Israeli special police on Thursday arrested a Jerusalemite from inside the holy Al-Aqsa mosque and took him to one of its detention centers .

*Petra