Scores of Israeli occupiers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Al-Quds (Jerusalem) on Monday, including so-called “National Security” Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Defense Minister Israel Katz, as the Zionists celebrate Jewish Sukkot holiday.
Videos posted on social media showed scores storming the holy site and performing Talmudic rituals, prayers and singing. The rituals were concentrated in the eastern part of the mosque compound, including Al-Buraq Wall.
Israeli "National Security" Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and DM Israel Katz storm Al-Aqsa Mosque's Al-Buraq Wall on third day of Jewish Sukkot holiday pic.twitter.com/fdpFIHbQNd
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As he broke into the holy compound, Ben Gvir boasted about the control by the Israeli occupation authorities of holy Al-Aqsa Mosque. He referred to Al-Aqsa by its Jewish term, “Temple Mount.”
“October 7 was massive and enormous pain, great pain. But today, three years later, on the holiday of Sukkot, a holiday of joy, we can rejoice in many things that have happened since then,” he said.
Despite the Oct. 7 attacks, “today, we are the masters of the Temple Mount. We are the masters of the prisons. We turned the lives of terrorists into hell,” Ben Gvir was quoted as saying by Israeli media.
Far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's office released footage of his incursion into Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem under Israeli police cover during the Jewish Sukkot holiday. pic.twitter.com/TWB9HAdhW7
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“We distributed guns, opened civilian security squads. Three years later, the nation of Israel is on the road to total victory,” he added, praising his policies.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz also attended the provocative rituals at the Buraq Wall in the holy Al-Aqsa Compound.
Meanwhile, Israeli occupation authorities forced Palestinian businesses in the Old City of Al-Quds to close to allow Jewish prayers during the Sukkot holiday.
Earlier on Sunday, more than 1,500 Israeli occupiers, including BenGvir, forced their way into the Al-Aqsa Mosque to celebrate Sukkot under occupation police protection, according to the Islamic Waqf Department in Al-Quds and Palestinian media.
Source: Al-Manar English Website