53 Israeli settlers on Monday morning stormed al-Aqsa Mosque via the Maghareba Gate.
A PIC news correspondent said the Israeli police escorted dozens of Israeli settlers as they broke into al-Aqsa.
Shortly before the break-in Israeli police troops cordoned off the plazas of the site.
The settlers defiled the mosque and performed a round of sacrilegious rituals before they left the site via the Silsila Gate.
At the same time the Israeli police cracked down on the peaceful Muslim worshipers and seized their IDs near the main entrances to the site.
