Dozens of settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque under Israeli police protection
Dozens of settlers entered Al-Aqsa Mosque from the Moroccan Gate under Israeli police protection, as five Palestinians were detained in the West Bank.
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AIDozens of Israeli settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem on Monday, entering through the Moroccan Gate in successive groups and conducting provocative tours of the mosque’s courtyards under heavy protection from Israeli police.
Separately, Israeli forces detained at least five Palestinians, including a journalist, during widespread raids across several areas of the West Bank, with operations concentrated in Jenin, Hebron, and Nablus.
The raids coincided with an escalation in settler attacks targeting farmers and olive pickers in the town of Beit Dajan, east of Nablus.