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Hundreds of Israel settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque compound

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AA 20230411 30817555 30817549 FARRIGHT JEWISH SETTLERS RAID ALAQSA MOSQUE

Hundreds of Israeli settlers, on Thursday, forced their way into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Occupied East Jerusalem under heavy protection from the Israeli forces to mark a Jewish holiday, Anadolu News Agency reports.

In a statement, the Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem said 252 Israeli settlers broke into the Al-Aqsa Mosque courtyard through the Mughrabi Gate in the western wall of the Mosque, expecting more settlers to storm the Mosque courtyard in the afternoon.

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Israeli groups earlier called on settlers to intensify their storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex to mark the Jewish Shavuot holiday on Thursday and Friday.

The department added that the Israeli police also restricted the entry of Palestinians since the dawn prayer.

Since 2003, Israel has been allowing settlers into the compound almost daily.

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For Muslims, Al-Aqsa represents the world’s third-holiest site. Jews, for their part, call the area the Temple Mount, claiming it was the site of two ancient Jewish temples.

Israel occupied East Jerusalem during the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. It annexed the entire city in 1980 in a move never recognised by the international community.

READ: Israel’s violations of Al-Aqsa threaten its Islamic identity, Islamic-Christian Committee warns

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