Dozens of Israeli conscripts and settlers desecrated the plazas of the holy Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem on Wednesday morning.
The Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage said in a statement that 45 settlers entered the Aqsa via Mahgareba Gate under strict police protection.
It said that the settlers toured the Mosque’s various courtyards and tried to perform Talmudic rituals, an attempt that was confronted by guards and worshipers.
At the same time, 90 male and female conscripts raided the holy site in their military uniform in three groups and listened to explanations on the alleged temple.
Hundreds of vigilantes and worshipers were angered at the tours and chanted Allahu Akbar. Israeli policemen arrested two brothers for reiterating the Takbir and threatened all those who do so with arrest.
Israeli policemen at the gates of the Aqsa confiscated IDs of students wishing to enter the Mosque and denied access for some of them.
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