The Israeli occupation police on Saturday morning desecrated the Aqsa Mosque’s Bab al-Rahma prayer area without removing their shoes.
According to local sources police officers stopped and questioned a Jerusalemite elderly man during the raid on Bab al-Rahma and threatened to ban his entry to the Aqsa Mosque after he objected to their presence in the Islamic holy site without taking off their shoes.
The 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 are seized until they leave the holy place.
