Scores of Israeli settlers on Monday forced their way into al-Aqsa Mosque through al-Maghareba Gate amid heavy police presence.

Jerusalem’s Islamic Awqaf Department said that 67 Jewish settlers broke into al-Aqsa Mosque in the early morning hours and toured its courtyards while receiving presentations on the alleged “Temple Mount”.

The settlers further performed provocative rituals in the eastern prayer area of the mosque in an attempt to stir up clashes with Palestinian worshipers and Aqsa guards.

The Israeli occupation police impose tight restrictions on the Palestinian worshipers coming from Jerusalem and the 1948 occupied territories to al-Aqsa Mosque and prevent many of them from entering the site for long periods.

Dozens of Israeli settlers and policemen broke into Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque—the third holiest site in Islam—on Sunday morning just a couple of days after Trump had declared the city as Israel’s capital.

Sources at the Islamic Aqwaf Department said at least 64 Israeli settlers escorted by heavily-armed police officers broke into al-Aqsa Mosque via the Maghareba Gate and defiled its plazas.

At the same time the Israeli settlers attended sermons on the counterfeit history of Israel’s alleged temple mount.

At least 12 Israeli soldiers showed up at the site as part of the morning break-in shift.

Israel’s alleged temple mount organizations intensified calls for violent rallies outside al-Aqsa’s gate of al-Asbat on Sunday to push for unblocking the entrance gates to the site for longer time spans before Israeli settlers.

According to observers Trump’s Wednesday declaration of Occupied Jerusalem as the capital of Israel will bring about a dramatic rise in the rate of settler break-ins at Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque and hence fuel tension across the city.