Hundreds of settlers storm al-Aqsa Mosque and raise Israeli flag

Hundreds of Israeli settlers, accompanied by Israeli security forces, stormed al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem’s Old City on Thursday.

The settlers entered through the Moroccan Gate on the western side of the site, which the Israeli authorities have controlled since the beginning of the occupation of East Jerusalem and the West Bank in 1967.

Once inside, the settlers performed prayers and and raised the Israeli flag at the Qattanin Gate, as they marked Israel’s Memorial Day, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.

The news agency said large numbers of Muslim worshippers were prevented from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque at dawn, and that some of them had been beaten by Israeli security forces.

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