Member of Hamas’s political bureau Ezzat al-Resheq has described the Aqsa Mosque as a “red line” warning that any Israeli targeting of the Mosque is like “playing with fire.”
“This message was conveyed to all the mediators who communicated with the Movement’s leadership and I believe that the occupation has understood this message” Resheq said in press remarks to the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) on Saturday.
The Hamas official accused Jewish groups of being insistent on carrying out their threats to defile the Aqsa Mosque and practice animal sacrifice rituals in its courtyards during the Passover festival.
“Extremist groups keep repeating their threats to perform these rituals during this week from Sunday to Thursday while the occupation government claims that it will prevent them and that it has not given them approval to do so” he said.
“Our people must remain on high alert and very vigilant for any attempt by settlers to do so and for the Israeli government’s deception and complicity because we and our people do not trust any Israeli words or reassurances” he said.
