A settler attacks the shrine of Sheikh Dajani in Jerusalem.

A settler attacked the shrine of Sheikh Ahmed Ali Alaa El-Din Al-Dajani, in the Ma'man Allah Cemetery in occupied Jerusalem.

The governorate said in a statement on Thursday that the settler broke the original lock of the shrine and replaced it, installed an electric and water clock, and brought his own furniture into the shrine, which dates back nearly five centuries. He also removed the tomb inside, along with the identification sign indicating the shrine's identity and history.

She noted that a member of the Dajani family, who maintains the shrine, discovered the attack during a regular visit to the site. This prompted the family to file an official complaint with the Jerusalem municipality, which evacuated the settler from the shrine on Wednesday and has so far refused to hand over the key to the new lock installed after the evacuation, a further violation of the family's rights to supervise and access the shrine.

The Jerusalem Governorate held the occupation authorities fully responsible for this blatant attack on historic Islamic property, describing it as a fully fledged crime aimed at obliterating the historical and Islamic landmarks of the Holy City, as part of an ongoing colonial project aimed at altering the Arab, Islamic, and Christian identity of Jerusalem.

She called on the international community, particularly UNESCO, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and the United Nations Human Rights Council, to assume their moral and legal responsibilities in protecting Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem and to work to halt the repeated attacks on endowments, shrines, cemeteries, and historical monuments, which are an integral part of the world's human heritage.

The shrine of Sheikh Ahmed al-Dajani has previously been subjected to several attempts to storm and assault it by settlers, as part of a systematic Israeli policy to control Islamic endowments and shrines in Jerusalem and obliterate their religious and historical identity.