Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem today, streaming through the Maghrebi Gate in successive groups, and performed provocative tours in its courtyards under tight protection from Israeli occupation forces.

Occupation forces imposed strict military measures on the entry of visitors and worshippers to Al-Aqsa Mosque, a step Palestinians described as a deliberate escalation targeting the Islamic identity of the site.

In a related context, Israeli occupation forces demolished two homes and several facilities in the cities of Ramallah and Hebron, as part of a mounting wave of attacks on Palestinian homes and property, within what observers describe as a systematic policy of colonial expansion in the West Bank.