A total of 1,729 settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa mosque on Monday, a 20 percent increase from the same day last year when 1,440 settlers stormed, an Israeli statistics showed on Sunday.
The settlers stormed the maximum protection of the occupation police to commemorate the so-called "memory of the destruction of the Temple."
Internal Security Minister Gilad Ardan thanked the Jerusalem Police Command for its responsible and courageous conduct of events in Al-Aqsa and the implementation of the approved policy. According to him.
He stressed that he would continue to strengthen Israeli sovereignty over Al-Aqsa, pointing out that he has been working during the past four years to increase the number of settlers who storm the Al-Aqsa by 3.5 times.
