On the sixth day of the Jewish Sukkot holiday, more than 700 Israeli settlers stormed, on Tuesday, the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, with heavy protection from the Israeli police.
Wafa Agency reported, “Successive groups of settlers, numbering approximately 774 settlers, stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque and performed Talmudic rituals there, on the sixth day of the Jewish “Throtch Day.” Hundreds of settlers also performed Talmudic prayers in front of Bab Al-Qattanin, one of the doors of Al-Aqsa Mosque. , carrying “plant offerings.”
According to the agency, “Israeli forces have strengthened their presence in the Old City and Al-Aqsa Mosque and its surroundings, since the dawn hours, to secure settlers’ incursions. Dozens of Israeli police officers were deployed at the gates and roads of Al-Aqsa and at the gates of the Old City, while obstructing the arrival of worshipers. Israeli forces also closed the roads in the Bab area.” The tribes, and vehicles and buses carrying the settlers were allowed to pass towards the Mughrabi Gate to Al-Buraq Square.
The Israeli authorities exploit Jewish holidays and occasions to impose restrictions on the Palestinians and facilitate settlers’ incursions into Palestinian cities and Islamic and archaeological shrines in the West Bank, especially the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron and the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
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