On Tuesday morning, extremist settlers stormed the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, through the Mughrabi Gate, under heavy protection from the Israeli occupation police.

The occupation police opened the Mughrabi Gate early in the morning, and deployed its personnel and special units in the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque and at its gates, to provide full protection for the settlers’ incursions.

The Islamic Endowments Department in occupied Jerusalem reported that dozens of settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque since the morning and carried out provocative tours in its courtyards.

She explained that the invading settlers received explanations about the alleged “temple” and performed Talmudic rituals in the courtyards of Al-Aqsa.

The occupation police continued to impose restrictions on the entry of worshipers coming from Jerusalem and the occupied interior to Al-Aqsa, and checked the identities of some of them and detained them at its external gates.

Palestinian calls for mobilization and protection at Al-Aqsa Mosque continue during the coming period, to thwart the settlers’ plans to celebrate Jewish holidays within its courtyards.

These calls come amid warnings of settlers intensifying their raids into Al-Aqsa, in addition to transferring Talmudic prayers to the mosque.

The so-called "Temple Groups" are planning extensive raids on Al-Aqsa Mosque, during the so-called Jewish "Hanukah" holiday, which begins on December 18.

Every day, except Friday and Saturday, Al-Aqsa is subjected to a series of incursions by settlers, as part of the occupation’s attempts to divide it temporally and spatially, while the pace of incursions escalates during Jewish holidays, and is accompanied by attacks on worshipers and guards and deportations from the mosque.