from PressTV
Illegal Israeli settlers have violated the al-Aqsa Mosque’s compound in occupied East al-Quds under heavy police protection as the regime forces have escalated their relentless assault on the occupied West Bank.
On Tuesday, witnesses reported that the settlers, led by extremist Rabbi Shimshon Alboim, who is a vocal supporter for “demolition” of the mosque -- Muslim’s third-holiest site -- to build, what he calls, a temple, stormed the site’s courtyards in a manner, described by locals, as highly provocative.
Israeli forces imposed severe restrictions on Palestinian worshippers during the attack, with many reporting confiscation of identity cards at the mosque’s gates and limited access to the holy site.
The al-Quds Islamic Waqf (Endowment) organization, which oversees the mosque, confirmed that extremist groups known as the so-called “Temple Groups” were intensifying efforts to gain unrestricted access to the site.
A petition urging controversial Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to facilitate such access has been launched, with a targeted date of May 26, the body noted.
The date marks the 1967 Western-backed Israeli occupation of East al-Quds, which is marked by Israeli extremists through provocative marches in West Bank neighborhoods...
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