10/21/2024–|Last updated: 10/21/202401:09 PM (Mecca time)
Hundreds of settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque, while the Israeli occupation closed the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron and prevented the call to prayer, coinciding with the so-called “Jewish Throne Day.”
The Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem said in a statement that 1,780 settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque on Sunday, in the morning and afternoon, on the fifth day of the Jewish holiday.
Since the start of the Jewish holiday last Thursday, which lasts for a week, the city of Jerusalem has witnessed severe closures of streets, roads and Jerusalem neighborhoods, and a heavy deployment of occupation forces, in the wake of campaigns to deport people from Al-Aqsa and summon activists for investigation.
The raids took place as a result of the massive deployment of occupation forces in the mosque, at its doors, on the roads leading to it and in various places in Jerusalem, according to what was confirmed by the Wadi Hilweh Human Rights Information Center in the city.
Since 2003, the Israeli police have unilaterally allowed settlers to storm Al-Aqsa Mosque for several hours a day, except Friday and Saturday, despite repeated opposition from the Islamic Endowments Department, which calls for an end to these raids.
Brahimi close
In the same context, the Director General of the Palestinian Endowments in Hebron, Ghassan Al-Rajabi, said that the Israeli authorities decided to close the Ibrahimi Mosque, today, Monday and tomorrow, Tuesday, under the pretext of celebrating the Jewish Throne Day. He pointed out that the Palestinian Civil Association was informed of this decision.
Al-Rajabi considered that closing the mosque and preventing worshipers and visitors from accessing it comes within the framework of the temporal and spatial division of the sanctuary.
He stated that the settlers permanently take over more than two-thirds of its corridors, and they perform their religious rituals there.
Al-Rajabi added that the repeated closures of the Ibrahimi Mosque are an attempt to impose a new reality, allowing settlers to remain there permanently, in exchange for taking away the religious rights of Muslims.
The Ibrahimi Mosque is located in the heart of the city of Hebron, south of the West Bank. The mosque – which is also called the Ibrahimi Mosque – is attributed to the Prophet Ibrahim Al-Khalil, peace be upon him, who was buried there 4,000 years ago.