Backed by Israeli police, Jewish Settlers Storm Al-Aqsa Mosque

On Monday, Israeli settlers resumed their storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque, heavily guarded by the Israeli occupation forces.

Sources reported that dozens of settlers stormed the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, in groups, through the Mughrabi Gate, and carried out provocative tours, concentrated in the eastern part of it, and performed Talmudic rituals in its courtyards, under the guard of the occupation police.

Usually, Israeli settlers storm the complex every day in the morning and afternoon through its Al-Mughrabi Gate, southwest of the mosque.

Israeli police began allowing the settler incursions in 2003, despite repeated condemnations from the Islamic Endowment Department.

Al-Aqsa Mosque is the world's third-holiest site for Muslims. Jews call the area the Temple Mount, claiming it was the site of two Jewish temples in ancient times.