Islamic Jihad: Israeli 'regime seeks judaization of al-Aqsa mosque'

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement has strongly condemned Israel’s extensive aggression against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank as “an open and undeclared war.”

Islamic Jihad said in a statement on Tuesday that Israel’s wide-scale military campaign is part of the regime’s plans to tighten control over the occupied al-Quds and the holy al-Aqsa Mosque.

“The criminal occupation is launching a comprehensive assault on the cities and camps of the northern occupied West Bank in an open and undeclared war, one we had previously warned about,” it said.

“This aggression seeks to shift the focus of the conflict to the occupied West Bank in an attempt by the entity to impose new facts on the ground aimed at subjugating the occupied West Bank, annexing it, and asserting its control over our sanctities in an existential war against the Palestinian people,” it added.

The Palestinian movement warned that the Israeli regime seeks “judaization of al-Aqsa,” citing an earlier provocative proposal by Israeli security minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, to construct a synagogue in the holy site.

The group further censured the international inaction in the face of Israeli crimes against the Palestinian nation and sanctities.

Elsewhere in its statement, Islamic Jihad urged the world community to hold the regime in Tel Aviv fully responsible for the repercussions of its aggressive policies against the Palestinians.

Israeli politicians have long violated the delicate arrangement and facilitated raids on the holy site and performed rituals.

During his recent provocative visit, Israeli extremist minister Ben-Gvir said that it was his “policy” to allow Jewish prayers on the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Islam’s third-holiest site where only Muslims are allowed to pray under a status quo arrangement originally reached more than a century ago.

This week Ben-Gvir revealed his intention to build a Jewish synagogue inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied East al-Quds is a dangerous declaration.

He said that if he could, he would build a synagogue on the al-Asqa Mosque complex.

Israeli minister’s proposal to build synagogue inside Aqsa Mosque escalates tensions, warns UN

The UN condemns the latest remarks by far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir about the al-Aqsa Mosque compound as “highly counterproductive.”

Hamas called on Palestinian youth to mobilize at the al-Aqsa compound to maintain a presence in its courtyards and to confront the plans of the occupying regime.

The recent violation of the al-Aqsa Mosque's sanctity came at a time when nearly 11 months of a genocidal Israeli war on the besieged Gaza Strip has exposed the terrorist nature of the occupying regime to the world.

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