AMMAN — The Foreign Ministry on Sunday condemned the
escalations at Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif by Israeli authorities, and
its assault on employees of the Jordan-run awqaf department administering the
affairs of Al-Aqsa Mosque.
اضافة اعلان
In a statement, the ministry also condemned the assault of
worshippers at
Al-Aqsa, as well as admitting a large number of extremists under
the protection of Israeli occupation forces.
Ministry spokesperson
Daifallah Al-Fayez said that the
Israeli actions are “a dangerous escalation, provocative act and a brazen and
unacceptable violation, which stands in the way of international efforts that
were mobilized over the past days to deescalate and halt violence in Jerusalem
and other occupied Palestinian territories.”
The Israeli occupation forces at dawn Sunday arrested five
officials from the Jordan-run awqaf department administering the affairs of
Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al Haram Al-Sharif, officials in Amman confirmed.
Ten Palestinian youth were arrested at the time of dawn
prayers at Al-Aqsa, the third holiest Muslim shrine and a hotspot of
confrontation between Palestinians and the Israeli occupation forces and Jewish
settlers, who frequently try to storm the holy site, which is under Jordanian
custodianship.
The Israel-Hamas ceasefire held into a third day on Sunday
as Israel admitted Jewish visitors to Al-Aqsa Mosque, where earlier
confrontations with Palestinian protesters helped to ignite the cross-border fighting.
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