Non-Muslims Banned from Visits to Al-Aqsa Mosque Until End of Ramadan

Israeli settlers and non-Muslim visitors are banned from al-Aqsa Mosque until the end of Ramadan, the office of the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

Netanyahu's office announced that all Israeli settlers and non-Muslim visitors will be prohibited from entering the al-Aqsa Mosque compound until the end of Ramadan.

This decision was made after a meeting with senior military establishment officials on Tuesday, in which Netanyahu, along with military affairs minister Yoav Gallant and national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, decided to ban Israeli settlers until the end of the holy month. Israeli settlers and far-right extremists had previously stormed the mosque on Tuesday, which prompted this decision.

Local sources reported that the extremists entered the compound in groups led by extremist rabbi and former Knesset member Yehudah Glick.

According to local media reports, Israeli forces were deployed in al-Aqsa's courtyards ahead of the storming of the site and harassed worshipers.

On Monday, around one thousand illegal Israeli settlers stormed the courtyards of the mosque, attacked and harassed Palestinian worshipers, and raised the Israeli regime flag.