Dozens of extremist Jewish settlers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem on Thursday morning and later in the afternoon.
According to al-Qastal News website at least 214 settlers escorted by police officers entered the Mosque in groups through its Maghariba Gate and toured its courtyards.
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 in the eastern area of the Mosque.
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.
For several days Jewish extremist groups have been inciting their followers on social media to march en masse to the Aqsa Mosque and perform rituals in its courtyards during the eight-day Hanukkah holiday which will start on December 18.
For their part Jerusalemite activists have urged Muslim worshipers to intensify their presence in the Aqsa Mosque compound during the coming days to protect their holy site against intended settler violations.
