Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed on Monday morning Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque—the third holiest site in Islam—via the Maghareba Gate.
Israeli police cordoned the plazas of al-Aqsa Mosque at 07:30 a.m. to secure the break-in.
Public relations chief at the Islamic Awqaf Department Firas al-Dabes said 95 Israeli settlers escorted by policemen showed up at the site in groups and carried out sacrilegious tours.
Fanatic Israeli rabbis delivered presentations on the history of the alleged temple mount.
Israeli police reportedly cracked down on Muslim worshipers at the main entrances to the site.
Dozens of Palestinians from Occupied Jerusalem and territories occupied in 1948 flocked to the site in response to Israel’s escalating assaults.
As of Sunday tension has been running high at and around the Aqsa Mosque after 1336 Israeli settlers broke into the site and carried out provocative rituals under heavy police escort.
Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian shopkeepers journalists worshipers and religious officials at and near the site.
