Guarded by Israeli police, the illegal settlers entered the complex in groups through its western gate of al Maghariba.
Scores of illegal Israeli settlers forced their way into the Al Aqsa mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem on the occasion of the Yom Kippur holiday, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
The Israeli police also detained a Palestinian individual in the mosque’s courtyard during the incursion.
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