Hundreds of extremist settlers stormed the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque on Wednesday morning, protected by the Israeli occupation police, amid strict security measures.

The Beit Al-Maqdis News correspondent said that 1,601 settlers stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque today.

Our correspondent stated that 1,184 settlers stormed Al-Aqsa during the morning raids, which lasted from seven in the morning until 11:30, while 417 settlers stormed during the evening raids, which began after the noon prayer and ended at 2:45.

The correspondent added that the minister in the occupation government, “Yitzhak Waserlof,” a member of the Knesset in Ben Gvir’s party, “Yitzhak Kreuzer,” and former agriculture minister, “Uri Arieli,” participated in the storming of Al-Aqsa, alongside rabbis and officials in the “Union of Temple Communities,” pointing out that the settlers raised occupation flags. Inside the courtyards of the mosque several times.

Our correspondent stated that groups of settlers performed provocative tours in Al-Aqsa squares, performed celebratory dances and chanted the “National Anthem - Hatikvah,” in addition to collective “epic prostration.”

The intruders wore clothes bearing the phrase “The Temple Mount is in our hands,” in addition to a picture of a hand demolishing the Dome of the Rock and another raising “the Temple.”

In a precedent that has not occurred since the occupation of Al-Aqsa Mosque, a Jewish rabbi wore the “tefillin amulet” designated for Jewish prayer during his storming of Al-Aqsa.

The settlers’ storming of Al-Aqsa coincided with the occupation imposing strict measures on the mosque’s gates and setting up military checkpoints on the roads surrounding it.

The settlers’ incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque today come in celebration of what is known as Jerusalem Unification Day, which coincides with the anniversary of the occupation of the eastern part of Jerusalem in 1967.