Monday, April 27^th 2020, massive army forces and military intelligence troops raided Al-Aqsa preacher Ekrima Sabri house, and verbally accused him of incitement and violence escalation in Al-Aqsa mosque.

Same day, the occupation forces reopened Al-Aqsa mosque after a one-month closure , in limited number and under certain conditions , the prayers will be performed on the square , on the other hand illegal colonists will be allowed to raid the mosque in the morning.

Moslem worshippers and Jerusalemites stood against these arbitrary conditions, at the time Muslims are denied access to the mosque; Illegal settlers are allowed to access the mosque in numbers, The Israeli Occupation benefits the most from the Corona pandemic and the lockdown.

On the other Hand, Shaikh Ekrima Sabri announced these unjust conditions were implemented; Palestinians will enter the mosque from all doors to perform their prayers inside.

Following these statements, the occupation forces verbally told Shaikh Ekrima , that He will only see the mosque in pictures. Noteworthy, two months ago, Sabri received a six month ban, as a penalty after breaching a two month ban.

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