Last night scores of extremist Jewish settlers desecrated the Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil City and placed Israeli flags on its roofs and walls to mark what they call Independence Day (Palestinian Nakba).
According to local sources hundreds of settlers held and participated last night in a boisterous concert that involved singing and dancing at the Ibrahimi Mosque.
The settlers also fired firecrackers and continued their desecration of the Mosque all night long.
Earlier the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) closed the Ibrahimi Mosque to Muslim worshipers and allowed settlers from the illegal settlements of the West Bank to enter the Old City of al-Khalil in order to hold celebrations at the Mosque.
The IOF also imposed tight security restrictions on the Palestinians in al-Khalil City particularly in the area around the Ibrahimi Mosque to secure the settler celebrations.
Local officials condemned such persistent desecration of the Mosque as “part of the Israeli occupation state’s settlement policy and its attempt to perpetuate its control over the Islamic holy site and the Old City of al-Khalil.”
In a related incident a video footage circulated on the internet showed far-right Israeli security minister Itamar Ben Gvir dancing with other extremist settlers inside the Ibrahimi Mosque.
