Arab League fumes as over 4,000 Israelis storm Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem

Daily Trust· 2h ago· 1 min read

The Arab League on Thursday condemned the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque by thousands of Israelis under police protection and with the participation of government ministers.

More than 4,200 Israeli settlers and members of far-right groups, including National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem for Tisha B’Av, a Jewish day of mourning that marks the destruction twice of an ancient Jewish temple believed to have stood at the site known to Muslims as Al-Aqsa and to Jews as the Temple Mount.

Palestinian officials said Israeli forces imposed tight restrictions at the mosque’s gates, barred large numbers of Palestinian worshippers and students from entering, and assaulted several worshippers.

While non-Muslims are allowed to visit Islam’s third holiest site, they are forbidden from praying there as part of a 1967 agreement.

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