JERUSALEM: Colonial Israeli settlers, heavily protected by occupation army, broke into the compounds of al-Aqsa Mosque, Islamic Waqf confirmed.

Settlers raided the holy Islamic Mosque from al-Maghariba gate and took provocative tours inside its compounds.

Since 2003, the Israeli occupation authorities have been allowing Israeli Jewish settlers into the compound almost on a daily basis, with the exclusion of Friday, the Muslim day of rest and worship.

Israel captured East Jerusalem, where Al-Aqsa Mosque is located, during the Six-Day War in 1967 in a move never recognized by the international community.

Source: Palestine news and Information Agency – WAFA