25 SETTLERS BREAK INTO AQSHA MOSQUE

Image: PIC

Al Quds, 29 Jumadal Awwal 1436/20 March 2015 (MINA) – 27 extremist Jewish settlers stormed the holy Aqsa Mosque esplanades under tight security measures by Israeli police.

Local sources pointed out that 27 settlers stormed the Mosque from al-Magharebah Gate under tight security measures by the Israeli police along with heavily armed Israeli Special Forces which are every morning deployed in the vicinity of the holy site to protect settlers, Palestinian Information Center (PIC) quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

A Jerusalemite woman confronted the Israeli forces by chants of Allahu Akabar and holding the Quran while a policeman took photos of the woman, the sources noted.

The pace of settlers’ incursions into the Aqsa Mosque has been remarkably increasing in recent weeks especially on Mondays and Wednesdays.

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Escalation of daily offences including arrests among Jerusalemite people and banning their entry into the holy city in addition to holding their identity cards at the gates of the Mosque has also been clearly noticed recently. (T/P006/R03)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)

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