Emergency Aid for Palestine

S U P P O R T F O R P A L E S T I N E🇵🇸 Assalaamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakaatuh, We hope you are all well, Insha Allah. A L – A Q S A On Islam's holiest night, Laylatul-Qadr on Saturday 8 May, Israeli forces raided Masjid Al-Aqsa, firing tear gas and rubber bullets into the sacred compound and further intensifying anger among Palestinians, killing many of them. Al-Aqsa is Islam's third holiest site and is revered as the first structure towards which Islamic prayers were directed, later followed by the Kaaba in the Muslim holy city of Mecca. G A Z A The violence in Jerusalem soon spread to Gaza, where Palestinian groups fired rockets towards Israel after Israel's failure to release those arrested during the al-Aqsa raids. Israel began a campaign of air strikes upon the densely populated Strip. With more than 120 Palestinians killed so far, the Israeli attacks are the worst since the 2014 Gaza war, in which upwards of 2,000 Palestinians were killed. The attacks on the besieged coastal enclave and the situation in Jerusalem have sparked outrage across the world, but especially among Palestinians, both living within Israel and the territories occupied by it. S H E I K H J A R R A H In Jerusalem, at least one Palestinian man was shot on Thursday night and an elderly man in Sheikh Jarrah was wounded after being hit by stones thrown by settlers. Cumbria ISoc are collaborating with @soasisoc @kclisoc @goldsmithsisoc @lsesuisoc @mdxisoc and @uwl_islamic_society to raise money to help provide urgent medical assistance for the Palestinians. Please donate generously to aid our brothers and sisters. The Messenger (SAW) said: “Whoever fulfils the needs of his brother, Allah will fulfil his needs; whoever brought his (Muslim) brother out of a discomfort, Allah will bring him out of the discomforts of the Day of Resurrection” (Bukhari). May Allah reward you immensely for your generosity!