Israeli excavations

Al-Khalil Municipality warns of excavations at the Ibrahimi Mosque

Wednesday-1-January-2025

AL-KHALIL, (PIC) Al-Khalil Municipality warned on Tuesday that the Israeli excavations being carried out by Israeli occupation authority (IOA) in the courtyards of the Ibrahimi Mosque are aimed at Judaizing and changing the status quo in the holy site. “These measures come in the context of the IOA attempts to strip the municipality of its […]

The targeting of Al-Aqsa continues, 22 new excavations and tunnels under the Western Wall and the Sharaf lane

Saturday-15-June-2024

The researcher specialized in Jerusalem affairs, Fakhri Abu Diyab, revealed that the Israeli occupation authorities have dug new tunnels and carried out excavation operations under the western wall of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, heading towards the Sharaf lane and the Bab Al-Khalil area adjacent to the Mosque.

Aruri: Israeli diggings beneath Aqsa Mosque are “subversive”

Tuesday-5-July-2022

Deputy head of Hamas’s political bureau Saleh al-Aruri has warned that the ongoing Israeli diggings taking place under the Aqsa Mosque compound are of a subversive nature and posing a threat to its existence.

Sheikh Sabri warns of conspiracy targeting Aqsa Mosque

Sunday-26-June-2022

Sheikh Ekrima Sabri head of the Higher Islamic Council in Jerusalem has warned of a conspiracy targeting the Aqsa Mosque accusing the Israeli occupation state of exploiting the current Arab impotence and connivance to carry out its plots at the Islamic holy site.

Islamic Awqaf warns of suspicious diggings near Aqsa Mosque

Thursday-23-June-2022

The Islamic Awqaf Affairs and Holy Site Council in Occupied Jerusalem has warned of “suspicious activities” being carried out by the Israeli antiquities authority and the Elad settler group near the Aqsa Mosque’s southern and western walls and foundations.

Sheikh Sabri: Al-Buraq area diggings aimed at erasing Islamic remains

Sunday-31-January-2021

Sheikh Ekrima Sabri head of the Higher Islamic Council in Occupied Jerusalem has warned that the Israeli occupation state is racing against time to impose its control fully over Jerusalem and the Aqsa Mosque through falsifying history and obliterating the Islamic identity of the city.

PA asks UN SC to curb Israeli diggings near Aqsa Mosque

Tuesday-12-January-2021

The Palestinian Authority (PA) on Monday called on the UN Security Council to intervene to stop Israeli excavations at the Aqsa Mosque’s walls in Occupied Jerusalem warning that such diggings are endangering the Islamic holy site’s foundations.

Silwan playing field sustains land collapse due to Israeli excavations

Sunday-3-March-2019

A playing field in Wadi Hilweh neighborhood of Silwan district south of the Aqsa Mosque sustained considerable land collapse and wall cracks on Saturday after recent rains unveiled more Israeli tunnels beneath Palestinian homes and buildings in the area.