Since Sunday morning, 1,399 settlers have stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque from the Mughrabi Gate, under heavy protection from the Israeli occupation police, on the fourth day of the Jewish Sukkot holiday.

The Jerusalem Governorate reported that about 1,399 settlers and 300 tourists stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque, under heavy guard from the occupation police in groups, and organized provocative tours in its courtyards, and performed Talmudic rituals in front of the Dome of the Rock prayer hall before leaving the courtyards from the direction of Bab al-Silsila.

The Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem said that dozens of settlers performed Talmudic rituals in the Cotton Market and at the gates of Al-Aqsa, while one of the settlers blew the trumpet, and others performed what is called “epic prostration” in the courtyards of Al-Aqsa.

The occupation forces tightened their restrictions on the entry of Jerusalemites into the mosque, and prevented some from entering it, amid strict measures to secure the settlers’ storming on the fourth day of the “Feast of Tabernacles.”

The mass incursions of settlers into Al-Aqsa come in response to calls launched by the so-called "Temple Groups" to carry out extensive incursions into Al-Aqsa throughout the "Throne" days, which last for eight days. A colony blew the trumpet on the eastern side of Al-Aqsa Mosque, a few meters away from Bab Al-Rahma, under the eyes and protection of the occupation forces.

The so-called "Temple Groups" are seeking to carry out the widest possible incursions into Al-Aqsa, throughout the days of the "Feast of Tabernacles", which continues until next Wednesday, a period that is expected to witness great tensions.

The occupation police turned the Old City of Jerusalem and the surroundings of Al-Aqsa into a military barracks, and set up military checkpoints on the main roads and streets, to secure the Jewish celebrations of the Feast of Tabernacles.