OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (The Palestine Foundation Pakistan)Far-right Israeli security minister Itamar Ben Gvir and hundreds of settlers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque compound in Occupied Jerusalem under tight police protection on Wednesday morning.
The Islamic Awqaf Administration in Jerusalem said that 1,300 extremist Jewish settlers stormed the Aqsa Mosque on the morning of the second day of the Sukkot holiday.
According to Jerusalemite media sources, dozens of settlers performed dances and songs at the Aqsa Mosque’s gates and during their tours of its courtyards, while others, including Ben Gvir, performed Talmudic prayers in the eastern area of the holy site.
The Israeli occupation police carried out extensive security measures around the sacred Islamic site and in the Old City of Jerusalem, deploying substantial numbers of forces to facilitate 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 Tuesday, over 530 settlers defiled the Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards on the first day of the Sukkot holiday.
