Israeli soldiers, Likud party affiliates and 40 Jewish settlers, guarded by Israeli police, stormed on Tuesday Al-Aqsa Mosque from the Asbat Gate and the Mughrabi Gate, and attacked Palestinian female students there, wounding a number of them.
Dr. Ismail Radwan, Minister of Endowments and Religious Affairs in Gaza, has strongly condemned in a statement to Quds Press agency the raid into Al-Aqsa Mosque courtyards and the attack on worshipers, that aim to "Judaize Jerusalem and impose a fait accompli".
He warned of the seriousness of such attack, which provokes the Muslim feelings, and held the occupation fully responsible for the consequences of these events that "aim to ignite a religious war in the region", as he said.
"Al-Aqsa Mosque is in real danger, especially in light of the Arab and Islamic silence regarding the occupation crimes."
Dr. Radwan called on the Palestinians in 1948-occupied territories and the West Bank to intensify presence at the Aqsa Mosque to protect it and called on the Palestinian resistance to confront these Israeli repeated aggressions.
He also called on the Arab and Islamic leaders, the Arab League, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the nation's scholars to intervene to defend the holy mosque.
For its part; the Committee of Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Legislative Council has also denounced the raid.
Ghassan al-Shami, the Committee's spokesman, said in a press statement on Tuesday that "the raid into Al-Aqsa Mosque from the Mughrabi gate and the attack on the worshipers are considered new crimes that provoke the feelings of all Muslims."
He called for confronting these Israeli incursions and the plans and plots against Jerusalem and Al Aqsa Mosque.
Source: Palestine Info