Occupied Jerusalem, February 04 (QNA) - Israeli colonists stormed Wednesday the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, under the protection of Israeli occupation police.

According to eyewitnesses, dozens of colonists stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque in groups and performed Talmudic rituals in front of the western courtyard adjacent to the Dome of the Rock, the Palestinian news agency (WAFA) reported.

The Jerusalem Governorate had previously reported that it had recorded 4,397 colonist incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in addition to 7,868 others who entered under the guise of "tourism," during January. (QNA)