Despite the ongoing lockdown on the holy city Jewish settlers continued to desecrate the Aqsa Mosque on Thursday morning under police guard.

According to local sources a group of settlers escorted by police forces entered the Mosque through its Maghariba Gate and toured its courtyards.

The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) recently imposed a lockdown on the holy city at the pretext of preventing the spread of coronavirus.

However the Israeli police have been facilitating the entry of Jewish settlers to the Aqsa Mosque since the first day of the lockdown while preventing many Muslim worshipers who are residents of Jerusalem from entering their holy site.

Despite the Israeli coronavirus lockdown on the holy city a horde of Jewish settlers escorted by police forces on Sunday morning desecrated the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem.

According to the Islamic Awqaf Administration in the holy city 14 settlers entered the Mosque through al-Maghariba Gate and provocatively toured its courtyards under police guard.

The settlers also performed Jewish prayers during their tours at the Islamic holy site.

Since the first day of the lockdown the Israeli police have facilitated the entry of many settlers to the Aqsa Mosque.

At the pretext of preventing the spread of coronavirus the Israeli police recently imposed a tight lockdown on the holy city and announced a number of movement restrictions on the Palestinian local residents such as “traveling more than 1000 meters from home except in special circumstances is forbidden.”