Netanyahu visits Western Wall under heavy security on eve of Yom Kippur
September 20, 2026 at 04:55 AM · Updated 26d ago
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8 reports · 7 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 18 hours
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(opens the publisher’s site)Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived at the Western Wall plaza in Jerusalem's Old City under heavy security on the eve of Yom Kippur.
- Netanyahu arrived at the plaza with cabinet ministers on Saturday evening under tight security as Israel tightened measures across Jerusalem for the holiday.
- The Jerusalem governorate said Netanyahu and ministers stormed the plaza while Israeli forces turned the Old City into a military barracks to protect thousands of incoming settlers.
- The governorate said settler groups called for midnight prayers at Bab al-Rahma, while Palestinian calls urged mobilization at Al-Aqsa Mosque to counter the incursions.
- Settlers carried out 14 attacks in four West Bank governorates on Saturday, stealing 300 sheep and cutting a water supply line, the Palestinian Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission said.
- Around 570 Israeli settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque courtyards under heavy police protection on Sunday, performing Talmudic rituals ahead of Yom Kippur.
- Netanyahu, accompanied by his wife Sara, declared in the Western Wall tunnels: 'we are here and we will stay here forever.'
- Hamas condemned the actions as an attack on the mosque's identity and a provocation, while Palestinian and Jordanian authorities warned of efforts enabling its division.
- Instagram videos of the visit shared by Netanyahu drew anger online, with commentators calling it a systematic effort to change Jerusalem's identity by force.
- Analysts said Netanyahu's religiously symbolic visit was aimed at boosting his electoral standing ahead of Israel's election.
- In Wadi al-Shaer, dozens of Israeli settlers attacked homes, a farm, and vehicles, wounding two Palestinians, one stabbed in the thigh and another in the head.
- Israeli forces conducted raids and arrests in Tulkarm, Hebron, and Jerusalem, raising operational readiness ahead of Yom Kippur.
- Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Sunday evening under occupation force protection, performing Talmudic rituals.