Turkey on Wednesday condemned the clashes at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque that took place the day before and the entry of Israeli soldiers into the mosque, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan saying Israel had crossed a “red line”, AFP reported.

“Turkey cannot remain silent in the face of these attacks. Trampling the Al-Aqsa Mosque is our red line,” he said at a meeting of pensioners.

“Palestinians are not alone,” the head of state insisted.

Earlier, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu called the clashes “unacceptable”.

“We strongly condemn these attacks,” he insisted on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Brussels.

He went on to say that “the normalization of relations with Israel has begun, but our commitment cannot come at the expense of the Palestinian cause and our principles,” saying that “these attacks have crossed a line.”

Israeli police said they “arrested more than 350 people” during overnight violent clashes with what they said were violent individuals at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque.

The clashes at one of the world’s most famous Muslim shrines come as Muslims enter Ramadan in full swing and Jews celebrate Passover starting Wednesday night, amid a particularly tense atmosphere between Israelis and Palestinians since the start of the year.

Israel and Turkey completed the full restoration of diplomatic relations in January after several years of crisis.

A wave of condemnation after the violence at Al-Aqsa Mosque

International condemnation intensified on Wednesday after overnight violence at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque, where Israeli police entered the mosque to evict Palestinian worshipers at the height of the religious holiday season.

UN chief Antonio Guterres said he was “shocked and appalled” by the “violence and beatings” perpetrated by Israeli security forces.

He stressed that this “moment on the calendar, sacred to Jews, Christians and Muslims, should be a moment of peace and non-violence,” according to his spokesman Stephane Dujarric.

The White House said it was “extremely concerned” and urged “all parties to avoid further escalation” after rocket fire into Israeli territory overnight, prompting a response from the Israeli military.

In Jerusalem, calm has returned to the Esplanade of Mosques, where Al-Aqsa is located and its surroundings are heavily guarded by the Israeli police, who filter the entrances.