Dozens of Settlers Break into Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem

Jerusalem, MINA — Dozens of Jewish settlers accompanied by Israeli security forces forced their way into Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque on Sunday, according to local sources.local sources.

WAFA correspondent said extremist Israeli settlers and students of Talmudic yeshivas broke into the holy mosque in groups, under heavy protection from Israeli police.

In late 2015, repeated incursions into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound by Jewish settlers and Israeli security personnel sparked months-long tensions in the occupied Palestinian territories. (T/RS5/RS1)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA