Jerusalem (The Inside Palestine)- Hundreds of extremist Jewish settlers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem on Sunday morning and later in the afternoon.
According to local sources, at least 489 settlers escorted by police officers entered the Mosque in groups through its Maghariba Gate and toured its courtyards on the eighth day of the Jewish Hanukkah holiday.
During their tours at the Islamic holy site, the settlers received lectures from rabbis about the alleged temple mount, and a number of them performed Talmudic prayers in the eastern area of the Mosque and at the entrances leading to it.
Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation police continued to tighten their restrictions on the entry of Muslim worshipers, especially young men and women, to the Mosque in the morning, prevented many of them from entering the holy site and expelled others from its courtyards.
Source: The Palestinian Information Center
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