Dozens of Israeli settlers on Tuesday broke into al-Aqsa Mosque via al-Maghareba Gate under the protection of the Israeli police forces.
Quds Press said that several groups of Israeli settlers broke into the Mosque in two rounds: the morning and the afternoon amid heavy presence of Israeli policemen.
The news agency added that 145 settlers and 23 Jewish students visited the Mosque in the morning while 23 settlers came for another visit in the afternoon.
The Israeli police usually allow settlers to visit the Mosque for five hours a day and escort them as they roam its courtyards and perform Talmudic rituals in the Islamic site.
