OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (PIC)– Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage revealed that the Israeli authorities led by the Antiquities Authority have dug two new tunnels under al-Aqsa mosque.
In its statement issued on Sunday the Foundation said that one of the two tunnels extends from Ein Silwan to settlements in the city of Dawoud passing through Al-Aqsa Mosque while the second tunnel starts from al-Aqsa mosque heading north.
The foundation has exposed photos documenting the digging of tunnels under the holy mosque. The statement warned of the continued excavations that disclosed the mosque’s substructures.
Al-Aqsa Foundation said that the Israeli authorities aim at linking the new main tunnel with the tunnels network in Silwan neighborhood and the Buraq square area and the old city.
These new excavations constitute a real threat to al-Aqsa mosque the Foundation pointed out.
Israel is currently digging under the mosque in order to topple it aiming at replacing it with the alleged Temple.
