More than 250 extremist settlers early Thursday stormed compounds of the Al-Aqsa Mosque under heavy police protection a Palestinian source confirmed.
The Islamic Awqaf and Al-Aqsa Affairs said that 203 settlers forced their way into the Mosque today morning through al-Magharebah Gate and under heavy protection of Israeli Special Forces.
43 other settlers had later stormed the holy shrine in the afternoon.
The extremist settlers provocatively toured the Al-Aqsa yards listened to explanations on the alleged “Temple Mount” and tried to perform Talmudic rites publicly at the Mosque.
Members of “the alleged ‘Temple Mount’ organizations have earlier called to widely participate in today’s incursions to celebrate the occasion of the so-called “Israel Independence “.
On Wednesday Israeli police arrested two guards of al-Aqsa and summoned four others for investigation to pave the way for to today’s incursions.
