Minister of Endowments and Islamic Affairs and Holy Places, Mohammad Khalayleh, said attacks by the Israeli occupation authorities, on Sunday morning, at Al-Aqsa Mosque / Al-Haram Al-Sharif, by arresting and beating guards and employees of Jordan-run Jerusalem Endowment Department and Al-Aqsa Mosque Affairs is an “unacceptable practice” and a “new escalation” aimed at disrupting its work and terrorizing its staff.
In press statement, the minister said these Israeli attacks continuously target Al Aqsa Mosque and work of Jerusalem Endowment Department in a “systematic manner.”
This Israeli policy will only push “our determination and adherence to the Islamic right in Al-Haram Al-Sharif with its entire area of 144 dunums that is not negotiable, nor divisible,” the minister said.
Citing instances on the recent desecration at the mosque, he said the occupation soldiers smashed some tiles around the Dome of the Rock, and broke seven historical windows at Qibli Mosque of Al-Aqsa.
The minister also said the Israeli acts of sabotage caused heavy damage to the mosque’s audio, and power infrastructure.
To repair the destruction, he said the ministry will assess the damage caused by the Israeli belligerence at the mosque by Jerusalem Endowment Department and Al-Aqsa Mosque Affairs.
Source: Jordan News Agency