After Israeli forces broke into a prayer area within the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Palestinian resistance factions have warned the occupying Tel Aviv regime against “playing with fire,” claiming that such actions represent an unsuccessful attempt to alter the Islamic identity of the holy city of al-Quds.
In a joint statement on Tuesday, the groups said that Israel is playing with fire by taking such actions. They also said that their members and supporters will be more present in the al-Aqsa Mosque courtyards to stop evil plans to have the Israeli regime control the sacred site and create time and space divisions there.
Palestinian media outlets claim that on Saturday, as Muslims celebrated the Eid al-Fitr holiday, Israeli forces stormed the Bab al-Rahma prayer area and caused extensive damage inside.
The Israeli soldiers additionally attacked Palestinian young people, who were on their way to perform the Eid supplications, beating them with sticks close to the Lions’ Gate occupied Palestine.
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Hamas and the Islamic Jihad opposition bunches have denounced the Israeli demonstrations of brutality and promised to safeguard their holy natures even with the system’s attacks.
In a separate section of their statement on Tuesday, the Palestinian resistance groups strongly criticized Israeli officials for implementing a policy of deliberate medical negligence against Sheikh Khader Adnan, a prominent member of the Gaza-based Islamic Jihad resistance movement who has been on hunger strike for more than 80 days in protest of his detention, and Walid Daqqa, who has been imprisoned for 38 years by Israeli authorities.
They also argued that flying the Israeli flag over the Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil, a city in the southern West Bank, is a clear act of aggression and part of Israel’s plans to make Jews more like Jews.
They asserted that actions of this nature will never be able to alter the historical and Islamic realities of sacred sites in the occupied territories.
The resistance groups continued by praising the recent “heroic” car-ramming operation in al-Quds, stating that the retaliatory measure demonstrated the great capacity of Palestinians to foil the regime’s plots and exposed the weakness of the Zionist entity in the face of the steadfast Palestinian nation.
They also reacted to the rumored activation of the Israeli regime’s assassination policy against Palestinian officials by claiming that such threats would not be successful in restoring the regime’s damaged image.
“The resistance’s response to any foolish act is greater and broader than what it expects,” they emphasized.
