Al-Aqsa security guards foil attempt by Israeli occupiers to storm mosque

Security guards at Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem on Friday foiled an attempt by Israeli occupiers to storm the compound and perform an animal sacrifice, Anadolu Agency reports. A widely circulated video on social media showed occupiers heading toward Al-Aqsa Mosque, jumping over an Israeli police barrier on the road leading to Bab Hutta, one of the mosque’s gates. The footage shows mosque security guards rushing to close Bab Hutta, thwarting the attempted incursion. The Palestinian Wadi Hilweh Information Center said in a statement that the occupiers “were carrying a live sacrifice in an attempt to bring it into the mosque compound.” It added that the “sacrifice” refers to an animal offering that extremist Temple groups seek to introduce […]