OCCUPIED EAST JERUSALEM – On September 17,
2023, at 10:04 a.m., hundreds of Israeli police officers and occupation forces
were deployed both inside and outside the Al-Aqsa Mosque to prepare for and
protect Israeli settlers' incursions. Simultaneously, these forces restricted
the entry of Palestinian worshippers below the age of 50.
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Israeli settlers stormed the courtyards of
Al-Aqsa Mosque from the Moroccan Gate under heavy Israeli police guard. The
police continued to limit the entry of Palestinians into the mosque and their
movement within its courtyards, media sources reported.
Since the early morning hours, hundreds of
settlers gathered at the Moroccan Gate in preparation for the incursion
organized by alleged "Temple Mount" groups, marking the Hebrew New
Year. According to the Islamic Waqf Department, Israeli forces have allowed a
large number of settlers to enter the courtyards of the mosque, while
assaulting Muslim worshippers. Israeli forces violently attacked the stationed
Abu Bakr al-Shami and the women stationed, Nafisa Khweis and Aida al-Saydawi,
at the Chain Gate of Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Israeli settlers conducted Talmudic rituals
in various neighborhoods and streets of occupied Jerusalem's Old City. The Wadi
Hilweh Information Center reported that settlers performed Talmudic rituals on
the Wadi al-Wadi Road, one of the routes leading to Al-Aqsa Mosque, and engaged
in provocative dances.
The center also reported that dozens of
settlers performed Talmudic rituals near the Chain Gate and Hatta Gate.
These events occurred simultaneously with
the incursion of hundreds of settlers into the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa
Mosque, where the occupation authorities removed Palestinian worshippers and
those stationed there and arrested several people in the courtyards.
Hundreds of police officers and occupation
forces were deployed both inside and outside the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque to
facilitate the settlers' incursions and protect them. Simultaneously, these
forces tightened restrictions on Palestinian worshippers, preventing those
under 50 years of age from entering for prayers.
Israeli police worked to clear the
courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque of Palestinians, expelling dozens of them.
Additionally, Israeli forces arrested two young men from the courtyards of
Al-Aqsa Mosque in conjunction with the settlers' incursion, coinciding with the
Hebrew New Year.
"Temple Mount" organizations are
continuing to mobilize and plan large-scale incursions into the Al-Aqsa Mosque
during the current Jewish holidays in September and the upcoming ones in
October.
In response, Jerusalem activists, along
with those banned from Al-Aqsa Mosque, called for mobilization in Jerusalem and
to head to Al-Aqsa Mosque to confront the settlers' incursions during the
Jewish holidays.
It is worth noting that the Jewish holiday
period coincides with heightened security measures in occupied Jerusalem,
including an intensive presence of Israeli police officers in the Old City and
around the Al-Aqsa Mosque, to secure the incursions and out of fear of
escalating situations and potential operations against the occupation and
settlers in the city.
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