Dozens of Israeli settlers on Thursday morning stormed the courtyards of al-Aqsa Mosque under the protection of the Israeli police.
Jerusalemite sources reported that 140 settlers in successive groups stormed al-Aqsa Mosque from al-Maghareba gate while listening to Talmudic explanations and performing Jewish rituals.
Furthermore another group of 36 Jewish students were allowed to tour all of the Mosque’s plazas except for roofed oratories without following a certain path like other settlers.
Settlers’ incursions into al-Aqsa Mosque are carried out almost on a daily basis and they are done in two rounds: The first begins from 7 to 11 a.m. and the second starts after the Muslim noon prayer and lasts for an hour.
Meanwhile Israeli police arrested the Jerusalemite photographer Mustafa al-Kharouf from his home in Wad al-Joze neighborhood in Occupied Jerusalem for unrevealed reasons.
On the other hand the police released both female teachers: Khadija Khuwais and Hanadi Halawani. They were banned from entering al-Aqsa Mosque for unannounced terms.
