Israeli settlers stormed the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem today, Sunday, under the protection of the Israeli occupation police.

Eyewitnesses reported that dozens of settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque in groups, carried out provocative tours in its courtyards, and performed Talmudic rituals, according to the Palestinian News and Information Agency "Wafa".

The occupation police imposed restrictions on the entry of worshippers to Al-Aqsa and tightened their military procedures at the gates of the Old City, which they turned into a military barracks, where hundreds of occupation police personnel spread out at close distances, especially at the gates of Al-Aqsa.

Additionally, the occupation forces arrested eight Palestinians today, Sunday, including three children and a cancer patient from Hebron governorate, south of the West Bank.

According to Palestinian security sources to "Wafa," the occupation forces stormed the cities of Dura, Yatta, and Samu' south of Hebron, and arrested Muhammad Yusuf Al-Sayed Ahmed, who suffers from difficult health conditions due to his illness with cancer, Jamal Mahmoud Abu Al-Jadail and his son Imad, and Harbi Abdul Rabah. They also raided several homes in the town of Al-Dhahiriya belonging to the Al-Mutair family, searched them, and destroyed their contents.

From the town of Beit Ummer to the north, the occupation forces arrested three children: the brothers Wadi' and Rida Sami Awad (14, 13 years old), and Adi Ra'ed Awad (14 years old), who was subjected to abuse and severe beating by the soldiers during his arrest, following a raid on their families' homes and searching them and tampering with their contents.

The occupation forces also arrested Hael Majed Zayadat from Bani Na'im east of Hebron.