West Bank & Jerusalem
Hundreds of Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem
West Bank & JerusalemGraphic: Times of Palestine
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Roughly 700 Israeli settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on Monday morning, according to the Islamic Waqf, the body that administers the site. The incursion marked another provocation at the religiously significant compound, which sits atop the Temple Mount in occupied East Jerusalem.
The raid follows a pattern of periodic settler intrusions into the mosque, a flashpoint for Israeli-Palestinian tensions. Al-Aqsa is Islam's third holiest site and a focal point of Palestinian identity and worship.
