Dozens of settlers, including government employees, entered the Mosque in different groups through its Maghariba Gate and toured its courtyards in the morning, according to local sources.

During their tours at the Islamic holy site, the settlers received lectures from rabbis about the alleged temple mount and a number of them provocatively performed Talmudic prayers.

Meanwhile, the zionist occupation police imposed movement restrictions on Muslim worshipers at the Aqsa Mosque’s entrances and gates.

The Aqsa Mosque is exposed to daily desecration by zionist settlers and police forces in the morning and the afternoon except on Fridays and Saturdays.

Meanwhile, thousands of Palestinians are expected to participate in the Great Fajr Prayer on Friday to show their solidarity with their compatriots in the Negev and the family of Salhiya in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah.

In this regard, Palestinian youth groups have called on social media for marching en masse to the Aqsa Mosque on Friday to observe the Great Fajr Prayer. (ILKHA)