Dozens of Jewish settlers stormed the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem on Tuesday morning under heavy police protection.
Led by far-right rabbi Yehuda Glick the settlers entered the Mosque in groups through its Maghariba Gate and toured its courtyards under tight police protection.
During their tours at the Islamic holy site the settlers received lectures from rabbis about the alleged temple mount and a number of them performed Talmudic prayers in the eastern area of the Mosque.
Meanwhile the Israeli occupation police imposed movement and entry restrictions on Muslim worshipers at the Aqsa Mosque’s entrances and gates.
The Israeli police also detained the female activist Nafisa Khwais in Old City early today.
Last week extremist Jewish temple mount groups called for storming the Aqsa Mosque on Tuesday and Wednesday in large numbers to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim.
Jewish settlers try to impose Talmudic rituals at the Aqsa Mosque by launching repeated incursions into the holy site and provocatively dancing and chanting racist songs at the Aqsa gates.
