Over 170 Israeli settlers intrude into al-Aqsa Mosque in latest act of provocation

al-Quds, (The Palestine Information Centre)More than 170 Israeli settlers, under heavy protection by the regime forces, have broken into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied Old City of al-Quds in the latest act of provocation against the sacred site.

Palestine’s Shehab news agency said the settlers entered the courtyards of the holy site through the Moroccan Gate, also known as the Mughrabi Gate, and made a provocative tour of the premises on Sunday.

The regime had since morning deployed soldiers inside and around the mosque to secure the intrusion.

Palestine’s Safa News Agency cited the Islamic Endowment Department in al-Quds as saying that 173 settlers provocatively performed rituals and Talmudic prayers at the Bab al-Rahma (Gate of Mercy) area, violating the site’s status quo.

Israeli forces prevented Palestinian worshipers from entering the mosque.