“We are fighting an existential battle over this holy city,” Mishaal said in televised remarks on Sunday.

He said that the zionist occupation authority, once again, made a mistake in assessing the situation as it had done in 2017 when it deployed security gates in the Old City of Jerusalem.

“The enemy was surprised by the men of Jerusalem who rose up to foil its Judaization plans in Jerusalem,” the Hamas leader added. (ILKHA)