West Bank & Jerusalem
Around 800 settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque during Jewish holiday
Image credit: Shehab Wire (EN)
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Approximately 800 settlers entered the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque on Thursday under protection of Israeli police, according to Shehab Wire. The incursion marked the sixth day of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, the Islamic Waqf Department in Jerusalem reported.
The repeated storming of the mosque compound during the religious holiday has become a pattern of tension in occupied East Jerusalem.
