Dozens of Jewish settlers on Monday broke into al-Aqsa Mosque and Bab al-Rahma cemetery under police escort.
Local sources said that groups of Israeli settlers led by the extremist rabbi Yehuda Glick defiled al-Aqsa Mosque and the adjacent Bab al-Rahma cemetery and performed Talmudic rituals.
The settlers accompanied by heavily armed Israeli police officers carried out provocative tours inside the Mosque amid tightened restrictions on the Palestinian worshipers entering the site.
Settler break-ins into al-Aqsa Mosque are a daily occurrence excluding Fridays and Saturdays and they are usually carried out in two rounds: in the morning and in the afternoon.
