Occupied Jerusalem, September 21 (QNA) - Settlers stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied city of Jerusalem on Sunday, under the protection of the Israeli occupation police.

The Palestinian News Agency (WAFA), quoting eyewitnesses, reported that settlers entered Al-Aqsa Mosque and performed Talmudic rituals.

The so-called 'Temple Mount' organizations continue to mobilize as many settlers as possible to carry out large-scale collective incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque during the Jewish holiday season.

Since 2003, settlers have been storming Al-Aqsa Mosque under the protection of Israeli occupation forces five days a week. In the past ten years, they began performing silent public prayers during their incursions, escalating to performing Talmudic rituals and raising the flag of the occupying state inside the mosque.
The Temple Mount organizations are seeking to gradually impose the presence of Talmudic ritual tools in Al-Aqsa, representing a clear escalation aimed at changing the Islamic character of the mosque.

Since the beginning of the comprehensive Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank in October 2023, more than 68,000 settlers have stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque under the protection of occupation forces, amid tightened entry procedures to the mosque and its surrounding Old City entrances. (QNA)