Over 11,400 Israeli occupiers storm Al-Aqsa during Jewish holiday season

Another 1,678 occupiers entered on September 20 and 21, including 992 on the first day and 686 on the second,. The governorate said 9,138 occupiers entered the compound during the first five days of Sukkot from.

September 27 to October 1. It said incursions continued on Friday, with further entries expected on Saturday. Read More:Hamas marks Al-Aqsa Intifada anniversary, urges Arab and Muslim support for Palestinians.

The governorate said the incursions were accompanied by increasingly public and widespread religious rituals involving Israeli ministers, rabbis, officials and political figures. Those taking part includedfar-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, Zehut party leader Moshe Feiglin and Rabbi Yehuda Glick,.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also participated in religious rituals at the Al-Buraq Wall, the governorate said. Practices inside the Al-Aqsa compound included public and collective prayers, prostration, chanting, dancing, singing, clapping and blowing a horn,.

Participants also carried prayer books and sheets and wore religious clothing and shirts bearing images and slogans associated with what they call the “Temple”, it said. Under the historic and legal status quo, Al-Aqsa Mosque is administered by the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf, which is affiliated with Jordan’s Ministry of Awqaf, and is a place of worship exclusively for Muslims.

Since 2003, Israeli police have allowed occupiers to enter the compound through the Mughrabi Gate under police protection, despite repeated Palestinian and Jordanian calls to halt the incursions.