This Sunday morning, dozens of settlers stormed the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, under heavy protection from the Israeli occupation police and special forces.

The Beit al-Maqdis News correspondent said that 74 settlers stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, carried out provocative raids in its courtyards and performed Talmudic rituals, before leaving from the direction of Bab al-Silsilah.

The correspondent added that 20 members of the occupation intelligence participated in storming Al-Aqsa and its roofed prayer halls.

The raids take place through the Mughrabi Gate in the western wall of the mosque, and are carried out under heavy guard by the Israeli police.

Settlers, under security protection, storm Al-Aqsa Mosque on a daily basis, with the exception of Friday and Saturday (an official holiday for the occupation), and in two periods. Morning and extending from 07:30 - 11:30 am, and evening, starting with the end of the noon prayer and lasting for approximately two hours.