Number of Jewish settlers on Tuesday morning desecrated the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem under police escort.

According to local sources, dozens of settlers entered the Mosque in different groups and toured its courtyards under police protection.

A delegation from the Israeli government was among the settler groups who defiled the Islamic holy site in the morning.

The Aqsa Mosque is exposed to daily desecration by Jewish settlers and police forces in the morning and the afternoon except on Fridays and Saturdays.

The Israeli police close al-Maghariba Gate, which is used by Jews to enter the Mosque, at 10:30 am after the settlers complete their morning tours at the holy site. Later in the afternoon, the same gate is reopened for evening tours by settlers.

During the presence of settlers inside the Mosque compound, entry restrictions are imposed on Muslim worshipers at the entrances leading to the Mosque and their IDs are seized until they leave the holy place