HAMAS warned that any aggressive act against the Aqsa Mosque “will be met with fierce resistance from the Palestinian people who will not allow the fire to reach it again,” describing the Mosque as “a red line.”

“The hand that tries to extend to it (the Aqsa Mosque) will be cut off,” HAMAS said.

The Movement pointed out that Zionist regime’s systematic banishment of Muslim worshipers from the Aqsa Mosque and the detention of Sheikh Ra’ed Salah are attempts to take over the holy site, stressing the need for the Palestinians to close ranks to confront the occupation and its malicious plans.

Hamas also expressed its categorical rejection of any step to normalize Arab ties with the zionist occupation regime, calling such practice as “a stab in the heart of the Palestinian cause” and “a betrayal of the Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem and Palestine.” (ILKHA)