ALBAWABA - Led by the Minister of National Security of Israel, packs of extremist settlers stormed Al-Aqsa mosque under the strict protection of Israeli police.
Settlers stormed the holy site in the form of groups, in memory of what Jewish people call "Destruction of The Temple" Day, walking through the Dung Gate, where they performed Talmudic rituals in the courtyards of Al-Aqsa.
From the early hours of the morning, settlers gathered near the Western Wall and began their provocative tour of Jerusalem's ancient alleyways, while hundreds of them rallied around the Dung Gate, just before the main entrance of Al-Aqsa mosque, in response to calls from settlers societies to carry out mass break-ins into Al-Aqsa.
Dozens of settlers from the so-called "Return to Temple Mount" group spent their night camping just right out the entrance to the Dung Gate in plans of carrying out mass break-ins into Al-Aqsa the following morning.
The Israeli police deployed units of Israeli Special Forces around Al-Aqsa courtyards to provide protection to those who are taking part in the provocative break-ins and Talmudic rituals, as well as to keep the Palestinians off the path of the settlers.
Settlers Storming Repetition
Al-Aqsa witnesses storming incidents in the holy site almost daily except for Friday and Saturday, where violations and intrusions by extremist Israelis under the protection of the Israeli police in an attempt to impose full control of the alleged Temple Mount.
The mosque is located in East Jerusalem, which Israel annexed in 1967 in a move that was not recognized by the international community.
