OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (The Palestine Foundation Pakistan)Scores of extremist settlers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque compound in Occupied Jerusalem under tight police protection on Thursday morning.
Local sources said that 1,140 extremist Jewish settlers stormed the Aqsa Mosque on the morning of the third day of the Sukkot holiday.
According to Jerusalemite media sources, dozens of settlers performed dances and songs at the Aqsa Mosque’s gates and in the eastern area of the holy site.
The Israeli occupation police also continued today to take extensive security measures around the sacred Islamic site and in the Old City of Jerusalem, with large numbers of forces protecting settlers’ violations.
Israeli officers escorted settlers as they moved through the Mosque’s courtyards, creating a tense atmosphere in the historically sensitive site of Occupied Jerusalem.
Meanwhile, Muslim worshipers were denied entry to their Islamic holy site during the settler tours, while many others were unable to enter the holy city or move in its streets.
On Wednesday, over 1,300 settlers defiled the Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards on the morning of the second day of the Sukkot holiday.
