SANAA, Aug. 15 (YPA) – Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed, on Sunday morning, the courtyards of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, under strict protection from the occupation forces.
Al-Quds sources reported that the settlers stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa, in the form of groups led by the extremist Rabbi Yehuda Glick, and carried out provocative tours, concentrated in the eastern area of the mosque and near the Bab al-Rahma chapel.
The incursions take place in two shifts in the morning, and after the noon prayer, through the Mughrabi Gate in the western wall of the mosque, under the protection and escort of the occupation forces, as part of their periodical tours aimed at changing the reality in the Holy City and the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.
During the period of incursions, the occupation forces evacuated the eastern area of the mosque from the worshipers and the stationed, in order to facilitate the storming of settlers.
The occupation targets Jerusalemites through arrests, deportations and fines, with the aim of keeping them away from Al-Aqsa Mosque, and leaving it up for grabs before settlement ambitions.
The occupation and its settlers committed 22 attacks on places of worship and sanctities, while the occupation removed (3) citizens from their places of residence and the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, while providing protection to (3,387) settlers who stormed Al-Aqsa during the same period, according to the report, dozens of settlers stormed the mosque’s courtyards.