Extremist settlers attempt to bring animal sacrifices to Al-Aqsa Mosque.

The Palestinian Governorate of Jerusalem considered the attempts by extremist settlers to bring animal sacrifices into Al-Aqsa Mosque a serious escalation, at a time when Jordan condemned the repeated Israeli attempts to desecrate the holy mosque.

The Governorate of Jerusalem stated in a statement that 8 settlers attempted yesterday, Tuesday, to storm the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque through the Gate of the Tribes, carrying a goat, 3 pigeons, and Jewish prayer tools (tefillin).

It added that this attempt represents a serious escalation among the ongoing and escalating violations by the settlers, and is not merely an individual incursion, but part of an organized campaign to desecrate the sanctuary, Judaize it, and impose new colonial realities in favor of the Israeli occupation.

The governorate warned that these violations constitute blatant crimes and flagrant violations of all rules of international and humanitarian law, and a clear assault on the sanctity of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.

It emphasized that the entire area of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, which spans 144 dunams, is a purely worship place for Muslims, and that any attempts to impose the occupation's sovereignty over Al-Aqsa Mosque are null and rejected.

The governorate continued that these violations are carried out with support, incitement, and official backing from the Israeli occupation government.

It pointed out that the "animal sacrifice" means in the settlers' ideology "offering a sacrifice of goats or young sheep inside the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque" in an attempt to impose biblical rituals there.

According to the "Wadi Hilweh" information center in Jerusalem, the guards of Al-Aqsa Mosque managed to confront the settlers during their attempt to bring in the sacrifices, while the Israeli police arrested them.

According to the Governorate of Jerusalem, 215 settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque on Tuesday, while the number of tourists who entered the mosque through the Israeli tourism gate reached 565.

For its part, Jordan condemned on Tuesday the attempts to desecrate Al-Aqsa Mosque following the attempt to storm it by Israeli extremists with sacrifices.

In a statement issued by it, the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned "in the strongest terms the continued incursions of extremists into Al-Aqsa Mosque and their provocative practices, the latest of which was the attempt to desecrate it by bringing sacrifices into one of its courtyards."

The Jordanian Foreign Ministry's statement considered this a blatant violation of international law and international humanitarian law, and a clear infringement on the sanctity of the holy sanctuary.

It stressed that Israel has no sovereignty over the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the Foreign Ministry confirmed "the Kingdom of Jordan's rejection and strong condemnation of the ongoing incursions and provocative practices of extremists that are carried out under the protection of the Israeli occupation police."

In a simultaneous escalation with the Israeli genocide in Gaza, the assaults by the army and settlers together led to the martyrdom of at least 1,076 Palestinians, and the injury of about 10,700 others, in addition to the arrest of more than 20,500 others, according to official data.

A ceasefire agreement ended an Israeli genocide war on Gaza that began on October 7, 2023, resulting in more than 69,000 Palestinian martyrs, and over 170,000 injured, most of whom are children and women, along with massive destruction in the sector, which the United Nations estimated the cost of its reconstruction at about 70 billion dollars.