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Ben Gvir storms Al-Aqsa compound ahead of Israeli elections; Egypt condemns
October 26, 2026 at 02:04 PM
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يواليوم السابع
وزير الأمن القومي في حكومة الاحتلال يقتحم باحات المسجد الأقصى
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MAMasrawy
مصر تدين اقتحام بن غفير للمسجد الأقصى المبارك
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MAMasrawy
بن غفير يقتحم المسجد الأقصى عشية انتخابات الكنيست الإسرائيلية
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يواليوم السابع
مصر تدين اقتحام وزير الأمن القومي الإسرائيلي للمسجد الأقصى المبارك
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AJAl Jazeera Arabic
عاجل | محافظة القدس: بن غفير يقتحم المسجد الأقصى قبيل الانتخابات الإسرائيلية المقررة غدا
(opens the publisher’s site)Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has led hundreds of settlers into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, drawing Egyptian condemnation a day before Israeli elections.
- Ben Gvir, accompanied by hundreds of settlers, stormed the mosque's courtyards under Israeli police protection.
- The storming came one day before Israeli elections.
- Egypt condemned the storming, saying it violates the sanctity of Islamic holy sites and the historical and legal status quo in occupied East Jerusalem.
- Egypt called on the international community to stop such practices and respect relevant international resolutions.
- Ben Gvir said during the storming that Israelis 'are the sovereigns today at the Al-Aqsa.'
- Egypt's foreign ministry rejected any attempt to change the site's status quo or impose a temporal or spatial division of the mosque.
- During the storming, Ben-Gvir was accompanied by Knesset member Moshe Feiglin, the Jerusalem Governorate said.