Over 4,500 settlers, have stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque complex since Sunday, over the protection of Israeli occupation forces.
Hundreds of illegal Israeli Jewish settlers forced their way into Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in Occupied East Jerusalem on Thursday, which marks the fifth day of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, Anadolu Agency reported.
The Islamic Waqf Department said in a statement that at least 240 settlers entered the site under the protection of Israeli occupation forces.
Israeli occupation forces brutally arrest outspoken #Palestinian murabita Hanadi Halawani and Aida Sedawi at the Chains Gate, one of the main gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied #Jerusalem. pic.twitter.com/pyNc9T3pko
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) October 2, 2023
Sukkot is a week-long holiday that will continue until October 6, ending a season of Jewish holidays that started by observing the Rosh Hashanah (New Year) on September 15.
Jewish settlers stormed the complex in groups through Al-Mughrabi Gate, according to Anadolu.
Over 4,500 settlers have stormed the complex since Sunday, according to data from the Islamic Waqf Department.
Israeli police began allowing the settler incursions into the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in 2003, despite repeated condemnations from Palestinians.
Al-Aqsa Mosque is the world’s third-holiest site for Muslims.
Israel occupied East Jerusalem, where Al-Aqsa is located, during the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. It annexed the entire city in 1980, in a move never recognized by the international community.
(MEMO, PC)
