Hebron, January 18, 2026 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces today delivered a decision banning the director of the Ibrahimi Mosque, Mu'taz Abu Sneineh, and the head custodian, Hammam Abu Murkhiya, from entering the mosque for fifteen days.

Abu Sneineh said that the occupation forces summoned him to the Telem police station and handed him a notice banning him from the mosque, as well as banning the head custodian, Abu Murkhiya, and prohibiting them from being present or praying in the mosque and its courtyards.

This decision comes within the context of the occupation's practices aimed at emptying the Ibrahimi Mosque and the Old City of Hebron of its Palestinian residents.

K.T