AL-QUDS (Dispatches) -- Israeli settlers on Sunday stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied Old City of East Jerusalem Al-Quds under the protection of Zionist forces, shortly after a ceasefire ended an 11-day war which was triggered by similar raids.
The Palestinian information center said extremist settlers entered the compound through the Moroccan Gate in the early hours of Sunday.
The occupying regime’s forces also attacked worshipers who came to perform the dawn prayer at the gates and prevented them from entering the mosque.
Some of the mosque’s guards were detained and taken to an undisclosed location, after which the settlers, who were being escorted by heavily-armed Zionist forces, provocatively toured the holy site.
They invaders also performed Jewish rituals in the compound, which sits just above the Western Wall plaza and houses both the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa mosques.
Zionist settlers routinely raid the sacred compound via the Moroccan Gate, tour the site, and leave through the Chain Gate.
On Friday, the occupying regime’s forces stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in a move condemned as “provocative”.
At least 80 Palestinians were injured as Israeli forces fired sound bombs and rubber bullets at worshipers during noonday prayers.
Visits by the Zionists anger the Palestinians, who have repeatedly warned of Israeli attempts to change the status quo of the Al-Aqsa compound, the third holiest site in Islam.
The number of Zionists lawmakers who enter the sacred compound has also increased since prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided last July to

allow such visits once every three months.
Many of the Knesset members are right-wing extremists who support the demolition of the Islamic site in order to build a Jewish temple in its place.
The latest tensions come after the Zionist regime launched a bombing campaign on Gaza on May 10 after harassment of Palestinians in Jerusalem Al-Quds and attempts to steal their lands in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of the city.
The occupying regime announced a unilateral ceasefire on Friday, which was accepted by the Palestinian resistance groups in Gaza with Egyptian mediation.
According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, 248 Palestinians were martyred in the Israeli offensive, including 66 children and 39 women, and at least 1,910 were injured.
Different cities across the world have been the scene of protests in solidarity with Palestinians in recent days. Pro-Palestine protests took place in the UK, Australia, France and Germany on Saturday.
In London, at least 180,000 people turned out for the march, making it the largest pro-Palestine protest in British history. They held Palestinian flags and carried banners declaring, “Free Palestine, “Stop bombing Gaza” and “Sanctions on Israel”.
Some of them lit flares showing the colors of the Palestinian national flag.
“I am so proud that we have come together for something this important,” Amal Nagvi, who took part in the London rally, told Doha-based Al Jazeera TV channel.
“A lot of people think this doesn’t do anything … they think we are just marching and screaming. But things have changed, and we’re just not going to stop until that change actually comes into a place and we have a free Palestine.”
Similar protests took place in other UK cities, including Birmingham and Liverpool.
In the Australian cities of Adelaide and Sydney, protesters gathered to vent their anger at the Israeli aggression.
“Palestinians continue to face violence from Israeli occupation forces and it’s not going to end until the occupation comes to an end,” said Palestine Action Group activist Dalia al-Haj Qasem who attended the Sydney march.
Another solidarity protest took place in the French capital, Paris, with demonstrators chanting slogans such as “Palestine will live, Palestine will win,” “Israel assassin, Macron accomplice” and “We are all Palestinians.”
“A ceasefire does not resolve the question. This fight concerns all those who are attached to the values of justice, dignity and law,” said Bertrand Heilbronn, president of the France Palestine Solidarity Association which organized the Paris rally.
The German cities of Frankfurt and Berlin also witnessed demonstrations in support of Palestine.
In Berlin, many chanted “Palestine will be free from the river to the sea.”
In Mauritania, its parliament unanimously passed a resolution urging The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) to prosecute Zionist officials for “genocide” against the Palestinians.
In a tweet on May 18, Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih said, “The people of Maldives stand in solidarity with Palestine.”
Speaking to Channel 12 news, Zionist war minister Benny Gantz claimed that the regime would eventually succeed in killing Muhammad Deif, chief of staff and supreme commander of Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military wing.
Reports said the occupying regime’s army had attempted to kill Deif at least twice during the aggression on Gaza, but both times he escaped unscathed.