Hardline Jewish settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque

Jerusalem: Scores of Jewish extremist settlers on Tuesday stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque/ al-Haram al-Sharif compound in occupied East Jerusalem. A statement by the General Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem said that the settlers carried out today's raids through al-Magharebah under the heavy protection of Israeli police. "The settlers provocatively toured the Mosque's yards and performed Talmudic rituals, while Muslim worshipers peacefully confronted," it added. Source: Jordan News Agency