Al-Aqsa Mosque

As many as 250,000 Palestinian Muslim worshipers prayed today at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Al-Quds on the second Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, according to the Jordan-run Islamic Waqf authority in charge of the holy site.

Zionist troops have fatally shot a young Palestinian in front of one of the gates to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied Old City of al-Quds as the occupying regime ramps up violence against Muslim worshipers in the fasting holy month of Ramadan.

The Palestinian Hamas resistance movement has censured the forcible removal of Muslim worshipers from the al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the holy month of Ramadan, saying that the move amounts to declaration of a religious war against Palestinians and is an attempt to change the sacred site’s Islamic identity.

Muslim worshipers have been forced out of the sacred al-Aqsa mosque as Zionist troops and extremists stormed the vicinity of the mosque on the fourth day of the Holy month of Ramadan.

Amid tight restriction, thousands of Muslim worshipers have crossed the Israeli military checkpoints deployed early on Friday morning before arriving at al-Aqsa Mosque for prayer.

Hamas vows that the Palestinian movement and its fellow resistance groups will keep up their confrontation against the Zionist regime until the complete liberation of the al-Aqsa Mosque from Tel Aviv's occupation.

The Palestinian Hamas resistance movement has warned Israel against “violations” at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the upcoming Muslim holy month of Ramadan amid renewed tensions in the occupied territories.

Palestinian in Al-Quds figures and activists have called on Muslim worshipers to intensify their presence at the Aqsa Mosque to protect it against desecration and Judaization by Jewish settlers.

Extremist Jewish temple mount groups on Saturday called for storming the Al-Aqsa Mosque next Tuesday and Wednesday in large numbers to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim.

Tens of thousands of Muslim worshipers reached the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Al-Quds and performed the Friday prayer in its courtyards amid strict Israeli measures.

Dozens of Jewish settlers escorted by police forces desecrated the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Al-Quds on Sunday morning and later in the afternoon.

The Hamas Movement on Friday called on Arab and Muslim nations to mobilize all potentials to confront the Israeli desecration of the Al-Aqsa Mosque until achieving its full liberation.