Israeli police on Wednesday morning searched Muslim worshipers while passing through the gates of al-Aqsa Mosque and confiscated the IDs of some of them.
This came in coincidence with the incursion of 75 settlers into the plazas of the holy site. The settlers entered the Mosque from al-Magharebah gate under tightened security measures by Israeli police.
Israeli police allow settlers to tour the courtyards of al-Aqsa Mosque in the morning round for four hours and in the evening round for one hour on a daily basis except for Fridays and Saturdays.
