The Israeli occupation forces closed the Ibrahimi Mosque in the Old City of Hebron for two days, under the pretext of Jewish holidays.

Director General of Hebron Endowments, Ghassan Al-Rajabi, said that the occupation forces closed the Ibrahimi Mosque and its corridors to Palestinians for two days, as part of the temporal and spatial division, which permanently stole about 36% of its corridors.

Al-Rujabi condemned the continuous closure of the Ibrahimi Mosque, as the occupation allows settlers to exploit the mosque in all its corridors, in a provocative manner.

He explained that these closures and attacks aim to impose a new reality that allows Jews to be present in the sanctuary at many times, while depriving Muslims and Palestinians of the rights of freedom of worship and access to places of worship.

The occupation authorities exploit Jewish holidays and occasions to oppress citizens and impose collective punishments on them, by closing checkpoints and tightening military measures at them, obstructing the movement of citizens and preventing them from reaching holy places, while facilitating the settlers’ incursions into Palestinian cities, Islamic and archaeological sites in the West Bank, especially the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron and Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.