About 80 Israeli settlers on Tuesday morning forced their way into al-Aqsa Mosque amid heavy police presence.
Spokesman for Jerusalem’s Islamic Awqaf Department Feras al-Dibs said that the Israeli police opened al-Maghareba Gate and deployed their forces in the Mosque early in the morning in preparation for the break-in.
Al-Dibs told Quds Press that 57 Israeli settlers broke into al-Aqsa Mosque toured its courtyards and performed Talmudic rituals at al-Rahma Gate.
He added that 23 Jewish students of religious institutes entered the Mosque during the same period.
Israeli police on Monday summonsed two Aqsa guards for interrogation over their protest at the heavy beating of a Palestinian girl who was being detained by Israeli officers at al-Aqsa Mosque the same day.
Al-Dibs noted that the two guards are currently held at Israel’s al-Qashla detention center west of Occupied Jerusalem.
