Dozens of settlers storm Al-Aqsa, assault Palestinian women
The incursion began at the Mughrabi Gate, at the western wall of Al-Aqsa, as settlers were protected and escorted by occupation forces.
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Israeli settlers (Archive)
Israeli settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque under the protection of occupation police. The incursion began at the Mughrabi Gate, in the western wall of Al-Aqsa, as settlers were guarded and escorted by occupation forces.
The Islamic Endowments Council in occupied Al-Quds said that dozens of Israeli settlers stormed the Mosque in successive groups and performed racist Talmudic rituals and provocative tours, under the heavy protection of the Israeli occupation police.
The IOF brutally assaulted Palestinian women residing at Al-Aqsa Mosque, arresting Hanadi al-Halawani - a known community figure.
Palestinian women residing at Al-Aqsa Mosque were also subjected to harassment and forcibly expelled to secure the settlers’ raid on Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Recently, the attacks and violations of the Israeli occupation authorities against the Mosque and the occupied city of Al-Quds and its Palestinian residents have escalated. Moreover, the calls to storm Al-Aqsa and attempts to impose control over the Mosque have increased.
In parallel, the occupation's forces have been escalating their attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank recently.
For days, confrontations between Palestinians and the Israeli occupation forces have been taking place in several areas in occupied Al-Quds and the West Bank, prompting Palestinian Resistance fighters to confront the occupation.
Just yesterday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced the martyrdom of 31-year-old Mujahid Daoud as a result of critical wounds he sustained during an Israeli raid on Salfit village in the occupied West Bank.
Five Palestinians were wounded by live bullets fired by the Israeli occupation forces during confrontations that broke out on Saturday evening in the town of Qarawa Bani Hassan, west of Salfit in the occupied West Bank.
