Al-Aqsa Mosque

Tens of thousands of Palestinians performed Friday prayer at the Aqsa Mosque and its courtyards, despite the heavy Zionist regime’s restrictions imposed on Palestinian worshipers’ access into the holy site.

A senior Hamas official has condemned the surge in Zionist settler incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque, describing them as desperate attempts to impose full Jewish control over the holy site and the occupied city of Al-Quds.

Tens of thousands of Palestinians performed Friday prayer at the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, despite obstacles set up by Zionist regime’s occupation forces around the Old City of occupied Al-Quds and the Mosque itself.

Tens of thousands of Palestinians performed the Friday prayer at the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Al-Quds despite the Zionist regime’s security measures that restricted their access to the holy site.

Senior Hamas official and head of the Movement’s Jerusalem Affairs Office, Haroun Nasser al-Din, reaffirmed on Friday that Al-Aqsa Mosque remains a religious and national priority, warning that the Zionist regime’s ongoing assaults and settler incursions are part of a broader campaign to take control of the sacred site.

The Hamas Movement has called for a mass mobilization to protect the Aqsa Mosque following a dangerous escalation — an attempt by Israeli settlers to smuggle and slaughter a sacrificial animal within the mosque compound.

Haroun Nasser Al-Din, member of Hamas’ Political Bureau and Head of its Al-Quds Affairs Office, warned on Wednesday that Zionist settler calls to fully open the Aqsa Mosque compound during the upcoming “Flag March” represent a grave escalation in the ongoing attempts to Judaize the holy site and impose full Israeli control over it.