OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (Palestine Foundation Information Center)Hundreds of Jewish settlers stormed the courtyards of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on Sunday through the Mughrabi Gate, under the protection of the Israeli occupation police.
Worshipers present at the holy Islamic site reported that 548 settlers carried out provocative tours and conducted Talmudic rituals in the Mosque’s courtyards, particularly in the eastern area.
The occupation police announced today that access through the Mughrabi Gate for settlers will be limited to the morning period (from 7 AM to 11 AM) during Ramadan, meaning it will be closed to evening incursions in the afternoon.
Palestinian worshippers stress that this closure for settlers is a right, not a privilege, and that incursions into the Mosque should completely cease during Ramadan and other times. Al-Aqsa Mosque is solely for Muslims and cannot be divided, they added.
According to the monthly report from the Ministry of Awqaf, settlers and the occupation army have intensified their assaults on Al-Aqsa Mosque, both in terms of the number of incursions and the number of settlers, who enter under the guise of tourism and with heavy protection from occupation forces.
The report for February indicated that the occupation and its settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque 20 times.
Since the onset of the Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in October 2023, occupation forces have tightened their restrictions at the gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the entrances to the Old City of Jerusalem.
