HEBRON, August 11, 2015 (WAFA) – Israeli ‘Defense’ Minister Moshe
Ya’alon Tuesday morning broke into the Ibrahimi Mosque in the Old City of
Hebron.
WAFA correspondent reported that Ya’alon broke into the Ibrahimi
Mosque under tightened security protection.
He said in anticipation of Ya’alon’s provocative visit, Israeli
forces closed down all of the old market gates leading to the Mosque,
effectively denying Palestinian Shari‘a Court employees as well as Muslim
worshippers access into the Mosque.
The Mosque caretaker Munther Abu al-Feilat denounced Ya’alon’s act
describing it as an attempt to obliterate the Palestinian and Islamic nature of
the Mosque and the Old City of Hebron.
This came after Israeli authorities decided to deny Muslim
worshippers access into the Mosque while allowed Jewish settlers to force their
way into it from Wednesday 10am to Thursday 10am purportedly for celebrating
the first of September according to the Jewish calendar.
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