Hundreds of Zionist settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque

QUDS, Aug. 13 (YPA) – Hundreds of Zionist settlers stormed Tuesday morning al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Al-Quds (Jerusalem) under the protection of Israeli police forces.

According to the Islamic Waq Endowments, 1200 Zionist settlers broke into the mosque in groups, performing Talmudic rituals within its courtyards in an unprecedented scene of storming operations, as thousands of colonists are expected to storm Al-Aqsa Mosque during this day in the morning and evening.

It added that the occupation forces obstructed the entry of worshipers into the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque and deployed large forces at its gates in order to facilitate the colonists’ storming of the holy Islamic place.

These incursions follow calls from extremist settlers for a large-scale invasion of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, marking the anniversary of the so-called “Destruction of the Temple.”

On Monday, 411 settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque under the protection of Israeli occupation forces, while 370 settlers had stormed the mosque on Sunday.

Israeli occupation police transformed the Old City of Jerusalem into a heavily fortified military zone.

Hundreds of occupation soldiers were deployed in close proximity around the mosque’s gates and throughout the Old City. The heightened security measures included strict controls on access for worshippers.

@E.Y.M