OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)
Hundreds of extremist Jewish settlers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem on Tuesday morning and later in the afternoon on the third day of the Passover holiday, amid tight restrictions on the entry of Muslim worshipers to the holy site.
According to al-Qastal news agency, 1,732 settlers entered the Mosque through its Maghariba Gate and provocatively toured its courtyards under police escort.
During their tours at the Islamic holy site, the settlers received lectures from rabbis about the alleged temple mount and a number of them provocatively performed Talmudic prayers.
Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation police imposed movement and entry restrictions on Muslim worshipers at the Aqsa Mosque’s entrances and gates and prevented many of them from entering the holy site.
One settler was seen wearing Jewish prayer attire in the Mosque’s courtyards, while others danced and sang provocatively near the Old City’s Asbat Gate or performed prayers in front of some gates of the Aqsa Mosque.
The Israeli occupation police already transformed Jerusalem and its Old City into a military zone, deploying thousands of officers and special forces on their streets and roads to secure settlers’ movement on the week-long Passover holiday, which started last Sunday.
