Groups of extremist settlers on Thursday stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram al-Sharif compound, in the occupied holy city of Jerusalem, entering through the Bab Al-Magharebah gate.

The Al- Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage said in a statement that the settlers provocatively toured Al-Aqsa yards and performed their religion rites under the protection of Israeli occupation forces.

A state of high tension prevails inside the mosque among Muslim worshippers, the statement added.

Source: Petra