Hundreds of extremist Jewish settlers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem on Tuesday morning and later in the afternoon.
At least 788 settlers entered the Mosque in different groups through its Maghariba Gate and toured its courtyards under tight police protection according to al-Qastal News website.
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 continued to impose restrictions on the entry of Muslim worshipers to the Mosque and harassed a number of them during their presence in its courtyards and the entrances leading to it.
Police officers also forced some young worshipers to leave the Mosque during the settlers’ tours.
Muslim worshipers for their part spread through their Mosque’s courtyards performing prayers reading the holy Qur’an and chanting religious slogans in protest at the settlers’ desecration of the holy site.
Earlier at dawn the Israeli police prevented Palestinian young men from entering the Mosque for the Fajr prayers.
