Groups of settlers began massive incursions into Al-Aqsa on Sunday morning on the occasion of the Jewish holiday of Purim (Anatolia)
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Once again, Al-Aqsa Mosque is subjected to an organized central raid by extremist Jewish Temple groups to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim, which falls today, Sunday, and continues until tomorrow, Monday, and intersects with the middle of the holy month of Ramadan.
Since the morning hours, groups of settlers began their incursions into the mosque, successively, accompanied by the occupation forces, which were deployed heavily in the courtyards of the mosque.
According to local sources for Al Jazeera Net, the occupation police stormed the Al-Qibli prayer hall yesterday evening, after the end of Tarawih prayers, and evacuated it of its secluded people, then stormed again at dawn today in anticipation of the raids on Sunday and Monday.
According to sources, the raid included searching the prayer hall and tampering with its contents. To prevent any attempt to seclude themselves in the mosque coinciding with the time of the raid, they also imposed restrictions on the doors of the mosque during the dawn prayer and prevented dozens of young men from entering.
Groups of settlers began their raids into the mosque successively, accompanied by the occupation forces (Al Jazeera)
Last Thursday, 211 settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque to commemorate the day of fasting (Easter), which is a preparatory fasting day that precedes the two festive days.
Purim is one of the most popular days in the Israeli occupation state, as they celebrate the anniversary of the Jews’ defeat of their enemies in the Persian Kingdom during the fifth century BC.
It is also considered the second Jewish holiday since the start of the Al-Aqsa Flood Battle on October 7, when on December 10 last year, 1,332 settlers stormed the mosque over a period of 5 days to celebrate the Jewish Festival of Lights (Hanukkah).
Jerusalemite sources expected that the mosque would witness a wave of raids on April 23 to celebrate Passover, which will last 7 days.
It is noteworthy that the raids on Al-Aqsa Mosque, since the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, have been limited to the morning period (7-11) Jerusalem time, amid continued restrictions on the entry of worshipers, an almost complete prevention of West Bank Palestinians from entering Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa during Ramadan, and the issuance of hundreds of deportation orders against Jerusalemites and Palestinians from the occupied interior. .
Source: Al Jazeera