Hundreds of settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque during Sukkot celebrations
Around 907 settlers entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem under police escort, assaulting Palestinians and posting videos online.
During the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, a large group of settlers, estimated at 907, moved into the Al-Aqsa Mosque area in occupied East Jerusalem while accompanied by police. The incursion involved attacks on Palestinian worshippers, with participants sharing footage on social media. Authorities in the Jerusalem Governorate confirmed the assaults, and the incident follows a recent surge of overnight raids across the occupied West Bank.
Why it matters
The raid intensifies Israeli-Palestinian tensions around a key religious site during a major holiday.
How this story developed
- Sep 1 EU debates ban on settlement products as Israeli forces raze West Bank homes
- Sep 9 UK joined eleven other countries in imposing a ban on West Bank settlement products.
- Sep 9 The sanctions were announced immediately before the start of Rosh Hashanah.
- Sep 9 Eight Arab and Muslim states publicly praised the United Kingdom’s ban on settlement products.
- Sep 10 Israeli opposition parties offered no substantive response to the UK sanctions.
- Sep 12 Eisenkot’s Yashar party entered the race with a poll showing 23 projected seats.
- Sep 13 US activists created a whistle‑blower hotline and warned firms could be targeted under anti‑BDS laws.
- Sep 14 British foreign secretary expected to announce a trade ban on settlement‑linked goods.
- Sep 17 A year after the October ceasefire, Israeli evacuation orders and ongoing attacks have kept Palestinians in Gaza displaced, with thousands killed, wounded and facing severe food insecurity.
- Sep 18 The UN rights office issued a warning that the displacement of over 33,000 refugees from West Bank camps may amount to crimes against humanity.
- Sep 23 A man in his forties was seriously wounded when a vehicle rammed a police car at a checkpoint near Modi'in on the road to the West Bank.
- Sep 23 The checkpoint’s security personnel have been reinforced and an investigation launched.
- Sep 27 Netanyahu publicly urged right‑wing parties to merge ahead of the election.
- Sep 28 A six‑storey apartment block collapsed, killing 21 people and prompting a lengthy rescue effort.
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