Hundreds of settlers storm Al-Aqsa compound under Israeli police protection during Yom Kippur

Hundreds of Israeli settlers have stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem under police protection during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.

• Palestinian sources reported between 418 and 458 settlers entered the compound through Bab al-Magharba on Monday morning under Israeli police protection.
• Settlers performed public religious rituals in the compound's eastern section near Bab al-Rahma.
• The Palestinian news agency Wafa reported Israeli forces imposed a media blackout on the second day of Yom Kippur.
• Israeli authorities restricted transport and movement in Jerusalem and closed institutions and shops for the holiday.
• Al-Azhar al-Sharif condemned the storming of Al-Aqsa courtyards by an Israeli official and extremist settlers as an assault on Islam's first qibla.
• The Jerusalem Governorate said 1,678 settlers stormed Al-Aqsa on Sunday and Monday, including 992 on Sunday and 686 on Monday.
• National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir led settlers in rituals during his 20th incursion since taking office.
• The governorate warned the incursions aim to impose new facts and undermine Jordanian custodianship over the compound.