Israeli police on Sunday allowed hordes of Israeli settlers to defile holy al-Aqsa Mosque at the same time as they banned Muslim worshipers below the age of 35 from praying at the site.
A PIC news correspondent said Israeli police troops special units and border cops cordoned off the Old City in Occupied Jerusalem and enforced tough crackdowns on the Muslim worshipers.
517 Israeli settlers broke into al-Aqsa via the Maghareba gate as part of the morning and afternoon break-in shifts.
Israeli fanatics delivered presentations on the alleged history of the so-called Temple Mount and performed sacrilegious rituals near al-Rahma Gate sparking tension at the site.
The mass break-in falls in line with a series of Israeli celebrations of the seven-day Jewish Passover holiday.
Overnight the Israeli occupation authorities released 12 Palestinian young men on condition that they be banned from Occupied Jerusalem and al-Aqsa Mosque for 80 days.
One week earlier the occupation authorities banned more than 40 Palestinian young men from al-Aqsa on the eve of the Passover for periods of up to six months.
Head of the media office at the Islamic Awqaf department Firas al-Dabas said 2017 witnessed the highest rate of Israeli break-ins at al-Aqsa.
