The Israeli occupation's Ministry of Justice started last week to register the ownership of land in the vicinity of Al-Aqsa Mosque to illegal settlers, the Israeli Haaretz newspaper said on Monday.

The registration started due to the Israeli occupation allocating funds to reducing the economic disparities in "Israel" and "improving the quality of life of Palestinian residents of Al-Quds," Haaretz said. However, the newspaper said the budget allowed "Tel Aviv" to use it as a means of registering ownership of more lands to settlers, despite having no entitlement whatsoever to them. 

The Israeli outlet expected that the decision taken by "Tel Aviv" would prompt the Palestinian people and Al-Aqsa Mosque compound administration to protest, as the measure entails allocating property to an entity that has no rights whatsoever in it.

The Council of Endowments, Islamic Affairs, and Holy Places revealed earlier today that excavations made by "Israel" under Al-Aqsa Mosque were threatening its foundations, revealing that new cracks have appeared in the floor of the Holy Mosque.

The Council stated that the "Israel" Antiquities Authority and the "Elad" settlement association have been conducting suspicious and mysterious excavations in the vicinity of Al-Aqsa Mosque, especially from the southern and western sides adjacent to the mosque's external foundation, in the areas of Al-Buraq Wall and the Umayyad palaces.

Hamas called on the League of Arab States, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and Jordan to "move urgently to stop these malicious colonial schemes to protect Al-Quds and Al-Aqsa Mosque."

The Resistance faction also said the Israeli excavations in the vicinity of Al-Aqsa Mosque were a "direct threat to the foundations and walls of the mosque," in occupied Al-Quds.