Israeli police provided protection for scores of Jewish settlers on a tour of the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem on Thursday morning.

The Islamic Waqf department said in a statement that 114 Jewish settlers toured the yards of the holy Islamic site while listening to statements on the alleged Temple.

It said that 38 of those were students of religious institutes and Hebrew universities while 20 others were described as “guests” by the Israeli police.

The department said that the settlers entered from Maghareba Gate and got out through al-Silsila Gate escorted by special forces and policemen.

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (PIC)– Scores of Jewish settlers stormed the holy Aqsa mosque on Wednesday morning under heavy police escort at a time Palestinian female students are still denied entry.

Eyewitnesses said that dozens of settlers barged into the Aqsa yards in groups and performed Talmudic rituals.

The witnesses pointed out that Israeli police were still denying access into the Aqsa for women who wish to study the Quran in the holy site for the third day running.

They said that policemen handed those women orders to stay away from the mosque but they refused to sign the orders.