Over 49 Israeli settlers and six intelligence officers stormed on Sunday morning al-Aqsa Mosque—the third holiest site in Islam—via the Maghareba Gate.
The break-in was carried out under heavy police escort as part of the morning break-in shift that started at around 7 a.m.
The break-in follows the seven-day Jewish Passover holiday during which mass desecration assaults were carried out at al-Aqsa under the religious pretext.
According to data by Jerusalem’s Awqaf (Endowment) Department over 1200 settlers defiled the site during the Passover.
Meanwhile two Palestinian students were arrested by the Israeli forces at al-Aqsa Mosque and transferred to a detention center in the Old City.
