JERUSALEM _ Palestine News Network
The Islamic endowments Department in Jerusalem said that 152 settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Wednesday, guarding the Israeli police.
Firas al-Debs, a media official at the Islamic Waqf in Jerusalem, said 152 settlers stormed the mosque in the morning.
Militant Israeli groups called for the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, on the occasion of the Jewish day of Anwar ("Hankah"), which started Sunday and lasted one week. Jewish holidays usually witness a marked rise in the number of intruders.