Dozens of Muslim worshipers suffered from their exposure to tear gas and at least five of them were arrested on Sunday morning after Israeli police forces stormed the Aqsa Mosque brutally assaulted them and allowed hundreds of Jewish settlers to desecrate its courtyards.

According to local sources the police chief in Occupied Jerusalem leading a large number of forces stormed the Aqsa Mosque and violently assaulted Muslim worshipers who were on retreat at the holy site.

Meanwhile over 1000 Jewish settlers led by extremist rabbi Yehuda Glick flocked to the Aqsa Mosque in groups and desecrated its courtyards under police escort.

Settlers were heard chanting slogans against the Islamic holy site and threatening to build what they called the temple mount.

As the settlers were touring the Mosque Israeli police forces entered al-Qibli prayer building of the Aqsa Mosque fired tear gas grenades and rubber bullets at Muslim worshipers inside and physically assaulted many of them.

Police forces also sealed shut the doors of the Qibli Mosque and caused widespread damage to its furniture.

Dozens of Palestinian Muslim worshipers suffered injuries on Thursday night when Israeli police troops stormed the Aqsa Mosque compound and attacked them in an attempt to force them to leave the holy site.

Local media sources said that several armed police soldiers stormed the Qibli prayer building and forcibly expelled Palestinian sit-inners which provoked clashes in the Mosque’s courtyards and at its gates.

The sources noted that the Israeli police cut off electricity to the Mosque compound before breaking into it.

A Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporter said that police soldiers broke open the door of the infirmary at the Aqsa Mosque before storming the Qibli prayer building and embarking on assaulting and arresting worshipers.

Meanwhile at least eight Palestinians suffered injuries when the Israeli police forces attacked citizens in Bab al-Asbat and Bab al-Zahera areas at the Aqsa Mosque compound.

Red Crescent ambulance crews were also prevented by the police from entering the areas of clashes to evacuate the wounded citizens before they managed later to transfer six of them to hospitals.