Settler escalations at Al-Aqsa aim to extend Israel’s control over it, Hamas warns

Hamas yesterday warned that the intensification of settler gangs’ raids of Al-Aqsa Mosque aim to create a new reality and extend control over the mosque and Judaise it.

“We call on our Palestinian people in Jerusalem, the West Bank and the occupied interior [Israel] to travel to the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque and defend it,” the movement said in a statement.

This comes as the Israeli occupation army continued its military campaigns across the occupied West Bank.

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Last night, Israeli settlers performed Jewish rituals at Bab Al-Majlis, an entrance to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces.