Over 190 settlers defile Aqsa under police guard

According to local sources, 193 settlers stormed the Mosque through al-Maghariba Gate and toured its courtyards in groups.

Extremist rabbi Yehuda Glick was reportedly among the settlers who defiled the Mosque in the morning.

Glick and other settlers were also spotted performing Jewish prayers during their presence in the Mosque’s courtyards.

The Aqsa Mosque is exposed to daily desecration by Jewish settlers and police forces in the morning and the afternoon except on Fridays and Saturdays.

The Israeli police close al-Maghariba Gate, which is used by Jews to enter the Mosque, at 10:30 am after the settlers complete their morning tours at the holy site. Later in the afternoon, the same gate is reopened for evening tours by settlers.

During the presence of settlers inside the Mosque compound, entry restrictions are imposed on Muslim worshipers at the entrances leading to the Mosque and their IDs are seized until they leave the holy place.