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Hardline settlers storm Al-Aqsa under heavy police escort


Jerusalem: Scores of Jewish extremist settlers on Tuesday stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque/ al-Haram al-Sharif compound in occupied East Jerusalem.

A statement by the General Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem said that the settlers carried out today’s raids through the al-Magharebah Gate in groups under the heavy protection of Israeli police.

“The settlers provocatively toured the Mosque’s yards, and performed Talmudic rituals,”it added.
Source: Jordan News Agency