Hamas: Israel responsible for consequences of settlers’ incursion into al-Aqsa
The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has lambasted the latest desecration of the al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli settlers in occupied al-Quds, saying the Israeli regime bears responsibility for the consequences for such acts of violence against holy Muslim sites.
The condemnation came on Sunday after hundreds of Israeli settlers, escorted by Israeli police, broke into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound on the pretext of performing Jewish rituals.
In its statement, Hamas said that Israel should bear responsibility for the consequences of its decision to allow large-scale settler break-ins into the holy Islamic site at a time when it is waging a brutal aggression on the besieged Gaza Strip.
The movement called on the entire Palestinians who can reach al-Aqsa Mosque to do so and defend it in the face of the Israeli incursions and plots.
Hamas also urged the Arab and Muslim countries to urgently act and stand by the Palestinian people with all means possible until they achieve their goals of the liberation of al-Quds and return to their homeland.
Earlier on Sunday, Palestine’s official Wafa news agency said groups of Israeli settlers, under full police protection, stormed the holy site in the morning and clashed with a handful of Palestinian Muslim worshipers holding a vigil inside the compound.
Israeli occupation forces arrested two Palestinians at one of the gates leading to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound and also imposed strict restrictions on the entry of Palestinians to the holy site.
Such mass settler break-ins almost always take place at the behest of Tel Aviv-backed temple groups and under the auspices of the Israeli police in al-Quds.
The al-Aqsa Mosque compound, which sits just above the Western Wall plaza, houses both the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Jewish visitation of al-Aqsa is permitted, but according to an agreement signed between Israel and the Jordanian government in the wake of Israel’s occupation of East al-Quds in 1967, non-Muslim worship at the compound is prohibited.
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