Al-Aqsa Mosque

The Association of Palestinian Scholars, along with Arab and Islamic organizations, institutions and prominent figures, has called for Friday, October 2, 2026, to be declared a “Day of Anger” in support of Aqsa Mosque, amid escalating settler raids and increasingly public Jewish religious rituals inside the Mosque compound during the Jewish holiday season.

Aqsa Mosque preacher Sheikh Ikrima Sabri said the escalation in incursions during Jewish holidays reflects a more dangerous shift in the nature of attacks on the Mosque, with the expansion of public Jewish rituals and the participation of Israeli officials aimed at turning practices that were once limited into an established reality protected by Zionist regime’s police.

Arab and Muslim condemnations have continued over repeated Zionist regime’s incursions into the Aqsa Mosque compound and provocative practices targeting its sanctity and religious and historical significance, amid escalating Zionist statements about annexing areas of southern Lebanon and parts of the Gaza Strip.

Tens of thousands of Palestinians performed Friday prayer at Aqsa Mosque despite Zionist regime’s police forces imposing tight restrictions around Occupied Al-Quds Old City and the holy site and preventing dozens of worshipers from reaching it ahead of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.

The Hamas Movement has warned against the escalating settler violations at the Aqsa Mosque, describing them as “attempts to impose a new religious reality and change the Mosque’s historical and legal status quo.”

About 1,236 extremist Jewish settlers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards under police guard during the past week.

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has condemned Israeli so-called national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s latest incursion into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

The Islamic Christian Authority for Patronizing Al-Quds and Holy Sites has warned of an unprecedented rise in Jewish settler break-ins and violations at the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Al-Quds.

Tens of thousands of Palestinians performed Friday prayer at Aqsa Mosque and its courtyards despite tightened Zionist regime’s military restrictions imposed on entrances to the Mosque and Occupied Al-Quds Old City.

The Hamas Movement warned on Wednesday of the dangers posed by the Zionist regime’s occupation authorities’ decision to close the Ibrahimi Mosque to worshipers, describing the move as a direct attack on freedom of worship and a violation of the sanctity of Islamic holy sites.

The Zionist regime has barred the Grand Mufti of Palestine from entering the al-Aqsa compound for one week after abducting him, in the latest measure targeting Palestinian religious figures.

More than 60,000 worshipers performed Friday prayer at the Al-Aqsa Mosque despite Zionist regime’s restrictions and obstacles imposed around occupied Al-Quds.