On Tuesday, hundreds of illegal Israeli colonizers invaded the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, while police restricted Palestinian worshipers from entering the Islamic holy site.
Media sources said that hundreds of Israeli settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque under the full protection of occupation police, raised the Israeli flag, and performed Talmudic rituals.
According to the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Jerusalem (Silwanic), a total of 526 illegal Israeli colonizers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, and raised the flag of the occupation state.
Israeli police increased security procedures at the holy site, preventing Palestinian Muslim worshipers from entering the compound, while inspecting their ID cards.
Later, occupation police closed the Lions Gate (Bab Al-Asbat), denying citizens entry into the Al-Aqsa Mosque, while allowing illegal settlers to roam the courtyards with police protection.
It was added that the police also closed the Damascus Gate (Bab Al-Amoud) for a period of time, assaulted a young man there, and increased security measures around the Old City of Jerusalem.
In related news, Israeli forces invaded, on Tuesday night, the Shu’fat refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem, fired tear gas canisters at citizens’ homes, while local Palestinian youths lit fireworks in protest to the invasion.
