Dozens of Israeli settlers storm into Al-Aqsa Mosqus under the protection of the occupation forces
Occupied Al-Quds, (ST) – On Tuesday, dozens of Israeli settlers stormed into Al-Aqsa Mosque under the protection of Israeli forces.
Wafa News Agency reported that dozens of settlers stormed Al-Aqsa from the Mughrabi Gate and carried out provocative tours in its courtyards, under heavy security guards from the occupation forces.
The Israeli settlers carry out daily provocative incursions into the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque under the protection of the occupation forces in an attempt to impose a fait accompli regarding the Judaization of the Temple Mount.
Israeli occupation forces detain 19 Palestinians
In Ramallah, Israeli occupation forces Tuesday overnight detained 19 Palestinians and confiscated funds in multiple raids across the occupied West Bank, according to local and security sources, according to Wafa News Agency.
They said that Israeli forces barged their way into Deir Abu Masha’al village, northwest of Ramallah, where they rounded up three Palestinians, including an injured young man, after breaking into their houses.
They also rounded up a 16-year-old teen and forcibly entered several houses in the nearby village of Deir Nidham, which has been under blockade and a target of frequent raids and assaults for over two weeks.
The soldiers have erected barriers at the village entrances, stopping vehicles and thoroughly inspecting passengers.
The sources added that another was detained from his house in Kafr Ni’ma town, west of the city. The detainee was identified as a student enrolled in Birzeit University (BU).
In Al-Quds (Jerusalem) district, Israeli police rounded up two others; a BU student from Wadi al-Joz neighborhood and young man from al-Issawiya neighborhood.
Heavily-armed police and intelligence officers barged their way into Sur Baher neighborhood, where they showed up at the houses of the families of at least three prisoners, went inside and searched them, turning them upside down.
They handed them military orders to seize funds purportedly received from “hostile entities” –in reference to the Palestinian Authority or factions – as reported by the Wadi Hilweh Information Center.
In Bethlehem district, Israeli military vehicles stormed Jabal al-Mawalih neighborhood, where the soldiers detained another.
They also raided in al-Walaja village, west of the southern West Bank city, resulting in the detention of another.
The sources added that a similar raid was carried out in Marah Rabah village, south of the city, where the soldiers forcibly entered and searched the houses of three brothers, turning them topsy-turvy. No detentions were reported though.
In Hebron district, the soldiers forced their way into Sa‘ir town, east of the city, where they rounded up two others.
They also detained three others; two of them were identified as residents of Ash-Shuyukh and Tarqumiyah towns, northeast and northwest of the city.
In the northern West Bank, the soldiers showed up at a house in Kafr ‘Abbush town, southeast of Tulkarm, where they detained another.
They conducted predawn raids in Tulkarm city as well as in Far‘un and Kafr al-Labad towns, northwest and east of the city, resulting in the detention of three others.
Israeli settlers attempt to storm school south of Nablus
On the other hand, in Nablus, the Israeli settlers Tuesday morning attempted to storm a school in Al-Lubban Ash-Sharqiya village, south of Nablus, according to a local activist.
Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors colonial settlement activities in the northern West Bank, said that some 150 settlers, under military protection, attempted to break in the school campus, but their attempt was fended off by the villagers.
The settlers also stormed the village entrance and deliberately obstructed the arrival of students to their schools, located on the main road connecting Ramallah city to Nablus city.
Over 700,000 Israelis live in Jewish-only colonial settlements across occupied East Al-Quds (Jerusalem) and the West Bank in violation of international law.
Raghda Sawas