Zionists storm al-Aqsa Mosque amid strict restrictions on Muslims

The illegal Zionist settlers have once again intruded into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound under the protection of Israeli forces in the latest act of provocation against the sacred site.

Palestine’s official WAFA news agency reported that scores of the illegal settlers, escorted by military forces, broke into the compound through the Moroccan Gate on Tuesday and provocatively performed rituals and Talmudic prayers at Bab al-Rahma (Gate of Mercy or Golden Gate) area.

The Islamic Endowment Department in al-Quds said in a statement that the settlers received lectures from rabbis about the alleged Jewish temple at the revered Muslim site.

Israeli forces had earlier been deployed at the al-Aqsa Mosque courtyard before allowing settler groups to storm it.

At the same time, the troops prevented Palestinian worshipers from entering the mosque.

Separately, Israeli military bulldozers on Tuesday demolished a Palestinian-owned commercial structure in Deir Ballut town, located 41 kilometers (25 miles) southwest of Nablus.

Informed sources told WAFA that the bulldozers demolished a 200-square-meter facility in the town, which belonged to a local resident identified as Ahmad Abdullah.

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