Jerusalem – Together – The number of people storming the city of Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque increased during the first hours of what is called ‘Jerusalem Day,’ which is the anniversary of the occupation of the eastern part of the city in 1967.

Israeli flags… collective prayers… dancing and singing circles… obscene words and insults towards the Palestinians in Jerusalem, pushing and persecution… this scene in the Old City and Al-Aqsa Mosque since the early morning hours.

In Al-Aqsa Mosque, 1,184 settlers carried out their incursions into the mosque, through the Mughrabi Gate – the keys of which had been seized since the occupation of Jerusalem – in the form of large, successive groups. Among the intruders for this day were Minister of the ‘Development of the Negev and Galilee’ Yitzhak Wasserlauf, Member of the Knesset Yitzhak Crozier, and rabbis who led the groups. They provided explanations about the alleged structure, and dozens of officials from the temple organizations and groups.

During the
storming, the settlers performed prayers inside Al-Aqsa and raised the Israeli flag. As for the police and special forces, they deployed in Al-Aqsa in large numbers and guarded the intruders and prevented them from sitting in the path of the raids.

Some of the intruders wore ‘t-shirts with a picture of the alleged temple,’ and a rabbi wore the ‘talvin amulet,’ which is worn in synagogues for prayers.

At the gates of Al-Aqsa, the numbers of forces stationed at the gates were large, and they prevented entry to Al-Aqsa, except for the elderly, after examining their identities and subjecting them to inspection.

At the gates of Al-Aqsa on the outside, hundreds of settlers walked around, danced, sang, raised Israeli flags, performed collective prayers, and walked from ‘Bab Al-Silsilah, Al-Qattanin, Al-Hadid, Al-Majlis, Al-Ghawanmeh, King Faisal, Bab Hatta, all the way to Bab Al-Asbat.’

On Al-Wad Street in particular, which leads to the Buraq Wall, the settlers walked around and prayed in the place, raised Israe
li flags, and deliberately provoked merchants and Jerusalemites as they walked in the place.

At the gates of the Old City (Bab al-Sahira, al-Amoud, Hebron, and al-Jadid), settlers marched in limited numbers, raising Israeli flags, dancing and singing.

Calls also continue to resume the raids during the period of ‘afternoon raids – 1:30-2:30’, and for the largest possible number to participate, in addition to calls to participate in the ‘flags’ march that starts from West Jerusalem all the way to the East, passing through the streets of the city and its old towns to the Wall. Al-Buraq for collective prayer, during which merchants are forced to close their shops, Al-Maqdisi is prevented from walking in the city streets, and a ‘semi-circular movement of Palestinians’ is imposed in the Old City and its environs.

In the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, hundreds of settlers stormed the area and prayed at ‘Sheikh Jarrah Hill,’ where the memorial to the occupation soldiers is located.

Source: Maan News Agency