Thousands of Israeli police officers were deployed on Tuesday throughout Occupied Jerusalem as delegations presidents and other world leaders are expected to visit to mark the Holocaust Memorial Day.
Jerusalem has been turned into a military barracks local residents reported with thousands of police officers and dozens of checkpoints deployed in the streets.
Meanwhile dozens of extremist settlers broke into al-Aqsa Mosque in the early morning hours under heavy police guard.
Jerusalem’s Islamic Awqaf Department said that 28 Jewish settlers stormed al-Aqsa Mosque and roamed the site while receiving presentations on the alleged “Temple Mount”.
Restrictions were tightened on the entry of Palestinian worshipers and many of them were prevented from praying at the site.
