JERUSALEM, Monday, April 22, 2024 (WAFA) - Scores of Israeli colonists today broke into the compound of al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem under heavy protection from the Israeli police, according to witnesses.
Some 172 colonists raided the holy mosque from the Mughariba Gate and performed provocative tours in its courtyards. They also performed Talmudic rituals there.
In the meantime, the heavily-armed soldiers beefed-up their military deployments and tightened their restrictions at the gates leading to the Old City and Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The so-called Temple groups called on their followers to carry out massive incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque at midnight before the Jewish Passover, on the twenty-third of this month, to offer the “sacrifice.
According to local sources, Israeli forces have killed 59 Palestinians from the occupied city of Jerusalem and injured nearly 172 others after the 7th of October.
Meanwhile, around 1,325 Palestinians were rounded up, 155 of whom were sentenced to actual imprisonment.
During the same period, the occupation authorities issued 85 house arrest decisions, 68 deportation decisions from the city of Jerusalem, and other travel ban decisions.
The occupation forces also demolished 133 homes, while 18,301 colonists stormed the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.
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