On Sunday, the Israeli occupation forces turned the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque´s courtyards into a military barracks to secure settler incursions into the courtyards of the Haram on the fourth day of Eid, ¨Jewish Passover¨, the Palestinian Wafa News Agency reported.

The Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem, that dozens of settlers began storming the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, in groups, from the Mughrabi Gate, and carried out provocative tours and performed Talmudic rituals, under the strict protection of the occupation police.

The Old City of Jerusalem is witnessing a state of tension, in light of the strict military measures imposed by the Israeli occupation forces, on the eve of the festive ceremonies of the Jews in Al-Buraq Square, on the occasion of Eid.

The occupation forces also turned Jerusalem into a military barracks and set up barriers within the walls of the Old City, while the occupation police emptied the streets of the Old City of young men, in preparation for the settlers’ storming.

In the same context, the occupation forces prevented the young men from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque and took them out towards the Lions Gate, at a time when members of “border guards” By assaulting young men at the gates of Al-Aqsa and preventing them from entering the mosque.

Despite the restrictions imposed by the occupation and the prevention of young men from entering Al-Aqsa, hundreds of stationed men and women were present in the courtyards of the Holy Mosque.

Occupied Jerusalem, specifically the Old City and the vicinity of Al-Aqsa Mosque, is witnessing an intense deployment of the occupation police and special forces, on the fourth day of Eid. “Jewish Passover”.

During the past few days, Al-Aqsa Mosque was subjected to attacks by the occupation forces, targeting worshipers and seclusions inside the Al-Qibli prayer hall, with rubber bullets and sound and gas bombs.

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