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Hebron- In conjunction with the war of extermination on the Gaza Strip, which has continued since October 2023, the Israeli occupation authorities sought their measures to tighten their control of the Ibrahimi Mosque in the city of Hebron, not only transferred about two -thirds of two -two -to -one -sessions since 1994.
The last of these measures is to close the mosque in conjunction with the start of the confrontation with Iran last Friday until today, and prevent the entry of its employees or the worshipers to enter, so that a set of procedures in its endeavors to withdraw the powers of the Palestinian Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs, according to the Chargé d’Affaires of the Endowment of Hebron, Munjid al -Jabari in his interview with Al -Jazeera Net.
The Palestinian official says that the Endowment Department and the director of the mosque are trying to enter the campus to inspect it without success, explaining that “the escalation of the pace of attacks is aimed at displacing people and withdrawing the powers from the owner of sovereignty, which is the Palestinian Ministry of Endowments.”
He stressed the rejection of these measures or their recognition, while insisting on the pure Palestinian right to manage the place as a pure Islamic mosque.
New procedures
After the settler committed Baruch Goldstein his massacre against the worshipers in the mosque, which led to the death of 29 of them at dawn on Friday, February 25, 1994, the occupation forces closed him, then opened it after about 6 months and turned more than 60% of it into a Jewish synagogue, and surrounded him with military barriers and electronic gates.
Since then, an investigation committee, formed by the occupation authorities from one side, has approved the closure of the mosque in front of Muslims for 10 days per year, which are Jewish occasions, in exchange for its entire closure 10 days a year in front of the settlers on Islamic religious occasions, but since the beginning of the aggression on Gaza, the occupation forces have disavowed their commitment and the mosque did not open for Muslims in the month of Ramadan, Eid Al -Fitr and Al -Adha, and closed it 4 days ago.
In their celebrations, settlers intend to erect a candlestick and hang Israeli flags on their walls.
The Brahimi Mosque (Al -Haram) is located in the Old City of the city of Hebron, which is subject to complete Israeli control, which is invaded by settlement foci and cuts its reasons for dozens of military barriers and obstacles set by the occupation.
According to the 1997 Hebron Agreement between the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel, the city was divided into the H1 and H2 regions, and the occupation was given complete control of the Old City of Hebron, including the Ibrahimi Mosque.
It is believed that the mosque was built on the shrine of the Prophet Ibrahim, peace be upon him, as there is a place for him and another for his wife, Sarah.
In 2017, Palestine registered both the Old City of Hebron and the mosque on the World Heritage List of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and on the World Heritage List “threatened”.
In the following, we review the most prominent occupation measures in the mosque from October 7, 2023 until today:
October 8, 2023
The Hebron Endowments Department announces that the occupation decided to close the mosque until further notice, and to prevent its guards and employees from entering it, noting that the occupation army increased the isolation of the mosque as well as its division, by closing the military barriers surrounding it.
July 11, 2024
The occupation authorities are the roof of the mosque plate (an uncomfortable part) with shanty panels, in an attempt to change its features, according to the Ministry of Endowments, which described the move as “serious assault” and that it comes “to change the mosque’s features and Judaize it” taking advantage of the atmosphere of the war. The next day I removed the ceiling.
October 9, 2024
The occupation authorities announce the closure of the mosque for 4 days in front of the worshipers, and open it completely to settlers to celebrate the “throne” and “forgiveness” of the Jews. On the third day of the closure, the occupation authorities prevented Friday prayers in the mosque.
October 21, 2024
The occupation forces close the mosque in front of the worshipers on the pretext of the throne, and open it completely to the settlers.
Fears of the plan to Judaize the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron after the Likud party member Avikhai Boufaron invited to control and nationalize it pic.twitter.com/xtzakrifga
– Tel Aviv Tribune Egypt (@Aja_egypt) November 19, 2024
November 4, 2024
The Knesset member of the Likud party, Avichai Pooron, demands the nationalization and control of the mosque and its entire place under Israeli sovereignty, and the Palestinian Ministry of Endowments condemning its statements and considers it “within the systematic, serious policy of the occupation government that is seriously working to seize this Islamic place, and internationally recognized, as an Islamic stop owned by the Palestinian people.”
November 22, 2024
The occupation authorities are closing the mosque for two days on the pretext of the Jewish “Sarah Day” celebration, while settlers organized marches in large numbers in the streets of the old town of Hebron.
Thousands of settlers also stormed the sanctuary and its surroundings, including Israeli ministers, headed by extremist National Security Minister Itamar bin Ghafir.
February 26, 2025
Quds News Network says that the Israeli occupation authorities informed the mosque administration of the transfer of all the powers of the business at the roof of the mosque plate from the Palestinian Ministry of Endowments to the Israeli occupation, and the Ministry of Awqaf confirms that the sanctuary is “a pure endowment ownership of Muslims,” noting “Israeli plans to turn it into a Jewish synagogue.”
March 7, 2025
On the first Friday of Ramadan, the occupation authorities refused to open all the corridors of the mosque for Muslim worshipers, unlike the usual annually, as Fridays of the holy month are among the ten days in the year in which it is completely open to Muslims.
“#agitationToday, Wednesday, the transfer of the occupation the powers of the roof of the mosque plate #Ibrahimi In #Hebron From the Ministry of Endowments, it has a flagrant and dangerous violation.
She added that the procedures of the occupation authorities are in #Ibrahimi Mosque Its intention is to continue its Judaization, division and control. pic.twitter.com/gv7l2covh
– The news path (@assabeeldotnet) February 26, 2025
March 11, 2025
The Ministry of Endowments again refuses – in a statement – the demands of the occupation to put a ceiling for the mosque’s plate, “in order to harm the historical and heritage position for it, and to make it up to the powers that it exclusively possesses the Ministry of Endowments.” It affirms its right to restoration and reforms that the campus needs, including the occupied section.
March 26, 2025
The occupation authorities refuse to open all the corridors of the mosque for worshipers on the night of destiny and refuse to hand it over with all its corridors, squares and sections, as it was in previous years.
March 30, 2025
The occupation authorities refuse to open the entire mosque in front of Muslims on Eid al -Fitr. The worshipers performed the Eid prayer in the section assigned to them amid strict procedures.
#Follow -up to meteor | The director of the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, Moataz Abu Sinina: The occupation placed locks on the rooms, galleries and shrines of the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron.
– 3 months ago, the occupation threatens to take a copy of the keys to these corridors, rooms and shrines.
Islamic Endowments have a legal and validity mandate for those … pic.twitter.com/q5xemiymkt
@Shehabagence April 7, 2025
April 7, 2025
The occupation army decides to remove Sheikh Moataz Abu Asnina, the imam, preacher of the mosque, and another employee for two weeks, and it closes some of its parts with locks, including the call to prayer and the office of the Islamic Endowments Department.
Endowments considered the move “a continuation of the methodology that the occupation followed to control all parts of the sanctuary and withdraw the rug from under the endowments to control all its sections.”
April 15, 2025
The occupation authorities close the mosque in front of the worshipers and open it to the settlers for two days on the occasion of the Jewish Easter.
May 14, 2025
Israeli National Security Minister Etamar bin Ghafir storms the mosque alongside dozens of colonists and performed Talmudic dances.
May 16, 2025
The occupation forces prevent the Palestinians from performing the dawn prayer in the mosque and assaulting them with sound bombs.
The worshipers were forced to leave Al -Aqsa after the dawn prayer without clarifying the reasons .. The occupation authorities evacuated the Al -Aqsa Mosque and the Ibrahimi Mosque of the worshipers, and their doors were closed in full, coinciding with the army imposing a comprehensive closure on the occupied West Bank
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– Tel Aviv Tribune.net • Al -Jazeera Net (@AjArabicnet) June 13, 2025
June 6, 2025
The occupation authorities refuse to hand over the entire mosque to the Palestinian endowments on the occasion of Eid al -Adha, and the worshipers perform the Eid prayer amid strict measures imposed by the occupation authorities.
June 10, 2025
The occupation authorities close the mosque’s electricity plate with locks in a move considered by the Ministry of Awqaf “an attempt to completely control the campus,” stressing that “the management of these treasury falls within the powers of endowments only, and the occupation is not entitled to intervene in it.”
June 13, 2025
The occupation authorities are closing the mosque under the pretext of declaring a state of emergency in conjunction with the Israeli attack on Iran.
The call to prayer during 2024
According to an annual report of the Palestinian Ministry of Endowments, the occupation prevented the lifting of the call to prayer in the Ibrahimi Mosque 674 times during 2024, and closed 10 times during the same period.