Dozens of Jewish settlers forced their way into al-Aqsa Mosque in different groups through its Maghariba Gate under Israeli police protection on Monday morning.
According to the Islamic Endowments Department the settlers received lectures from rabbis about the alleged temple mount and a number of them provocatively performed Talmudic rituals.
Meanwhile the Israeli occupation police imposed movement and entry restrictions on Muslim worshipers at the Mosque’s entrances and gates.
Al-Aqsa Mosque is exposed to daily desecration by Jewish settlers and police forces in the morning and the afternoon except on Fridays and Saturdays.
The Israeli police close al-Maghariba Gate which is used by Jews to enter the Mosque at 10:30 am after the settlers complete their morning tours at the holy site. Later in the afternoon the same gate is reopened for evening tours by settlers.
During the presence of settlers inside the Mosque compound entry restrictions are imposed on Muslim worshipers at the entrances leading to the Mosque and their IDs could be seized until they leave the holy place.
