Occupation forces storm into the occupied West Bank

Occupied Al-Quds, (ST) – On Sunday, the Israeli occupation forces arrested five Palestinians, including an injured person, in areas of the occupied West Bank.

Palestinian media reported that the occupation forces, stationed at one of their checkpoints west of Bethlehem, shot a Palestinian, seriously wounding him, and then arrested him.

The occupation forces stormed into the towns of Silwan in Al-Quds (Jerusalem) and Izna in Hebron and arrested four Palestinians.

Yesterday, the occupation forces arrested eleven Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

Scores of extremist Israeli settlers break into Al-Aqsa Mosque

On the other hand, scores of extremist Israeli settlers guarded by police today broke into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Al-Quds (Jerusalem), according to witnesses.

Witnesses told Wafa News Agency that scores of Israeli settlers entered the compound through the Moroccan Gate in groups and performed rituals and Talmudic prayers there under the protection of Israeli police officers.

Since 2003, the Israeli occupation authorities have been allowing settlers into the compound almost on a daily basis, with the exclusion of Friday, the Muslim day of rest and worship.

The Islamic Waqf has repeatedly described the settlers’ presence in Al-Aqsa Mosque as provocative, saying that Palestinian worshippers and guards at Al-Aqsa feel uncomfortable with the presence of Israeli police and settlers touring the Islamic holy site.

Israel captured East Jerusalem, where Al-Aqsa Mosque is located, during the Six-Day War in 1967 in a move never recognized by the international community.

Nada Haj Khidr