Israeli occupation forces (IOF) prevented on Monday the workers of the al-Khalil Rehabilitation Committee from resuming the maintenance and restoration work at the Ibrahimi Mosque.
Sheikh Hefzi Abu Sneina the director of the Ibrahimi Mosque said that IOF blocked maintenance and repair works at the Ibrahimi Mosque under the pretext of not having a permit.
He pointed out that working inside the Ibrahimi Mosque is a prerogative of the Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs in coordination with the Rehabilitation Committee.
“This is an attempt by the occupation and its settlers to impose their control over the Ibrahimi Mosque” Abu Sneina added.
On Sunday and Thursday last week IOF halted employees of the Rehabilitation Committee from entering the mosque and completing the restoration work under the same pretext.
On Saturday IOF prevented the Al-Aqsa Rehabilitation Committee from carrying out maintenance and restoration work at the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem.