Dozens of Jewish settlers on Sunday desecrated the courtyard of the Bab al-Rahma prayer building at the Aqsa Mosque and performed rituals.
According to local sources the Israeli occupation police expelled Muslim worshipers from the Bab al-Rahma area and allowed settlers to tour its courtyards.
Meanwhile the Israeli police issued decisions banning a number of Palestinian citizens from entering the Aqsa Mosque compound for one week.
The banished citizens are director of the Palestinian Prisoner Society Naser Qaws journalist Sundus Owais and pro-Aqsa activist Ra’eda Sa’eid.
Police forces arrested the citizens on Sunday morning at the pretext of their presence in the Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards during the settlers’ tours at the holy site.
The police also ordered them to come again for interrogation and threatened to examine the possibility of extending their banishment from the Aqsa Mosque.
Thousands of Muslim worshipers at dawn Sunday performed the Fajr prayers at the Aqsa Mosque after the Islamic Awqaf authority reopened its doors following its closure for over two months as a preventive measure against coronavirus.
Later in the morning dozens of settlers stormed and toured the Mosque’s courtyards under police escort.
