A large number of extremist Jewish settlers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem on Tuesday morning and later in the afternoon.
According to al-Qastal News website at least 262 settlers escorted by police officers entered the Mosque in groups through its Maghariba Gate and toured its courtyards on the third day of the Jewish Hanukkah holiday.
During their tours at the Islamic holy site the settlers received lectures from rabbis about the alleged temple mount and a number of them performed Talmudic prayers in the eastern area of the Mosque and at the entrances leading to it.
Meanwhile the Israeli occupation police continued to tighten their restrictions on the entry of Muslim worshipers especially young men and women to the Mosque in the morning prevented many of them from entering the holy site and expelled others from its courtyards.
For several days Jewish extremist groups have been inciting their followers on social media to march en masse to the Aqsa Mosque and perform rituals in its courtyards during the eight-day Hanukkah holiday which started last Sunday.
