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For the fifth week in a row, "Israel" continues to restrict the entry of Palestinian worshipers into al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Al-Quds.

"Israeli" Violations Carry on: Zionists Restrict Palestinian Worshipers
 into Aqsa Mosque, Settler Runs over Boy

"Israeli" authorities have imposed restrictions on Palestinians seeking to enter the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, denying men under 40 access to the holy site while facilitating the entry of Zionist settlers of all ages.

In recent months, hundreds of extremist Zionist settlers - often accompanied by "Israeli" security forces - have repeatedly forced their way into occupied East Al-Quds' flashpoint al-Aqsa Mosque complex.

The frequent violations anger Palestinians who fear Zionist presence on the Al-Aqsa is aimed at usurping the site.

Earlier this month [October], UN chief Ban Ki-moon said he was "deeply concerned by repeated provocations at the holy sites in Jerusalem [occupied Al-Quds]," saying that such actions "only inflame tensions and must stop."

Meanwhile, the Hizbullah resistance movement has voiced deep condemnation of the ""Israeli" aggressions within the al-Aqsa Mosque compound" and slammed "Arab silence" and "international complicity."

The resistance group called on "directing all efforts to protect al-Aqsa and the Islamic and Christian holy sites."

"Israel" occupied East Al-Quds during the 1967 Middle East War. It later annexed the holy city in 1980, claiming it as the capital of the self-proclaimed Zionist state - a move never recognized by the international community.

More than 500,000 "Israeli" settlers live in illegal settlements across the occupied West Bank and occupied East Al-Quds, in contravention of international law.

Zionist Settler Runs Over Palestinian Boy

In another case of "Israeli" activities in the occupied territories, a Zionist settler ran over a 13-year-old Palestinian boy south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday evening, a Palestinian official said.

Ghassan Daghlas, an official who monitors settler activities in the northern occupied West Bank, said 13-year-old Ibrahim Odeh was knocked down by the car on the Huwwara road.

He was taken to Rafidia public hospital to be treated for injuries after the settler fled the scene of the incident.

Recently this month [October], a five-year-old Palestinian girl, Einas Khalil, was also run over and martyred by a settler near the central occupied West Bank town of Sinjil.

Zionist Forces Martyr Palestinian Man in Occupied Al-Quds

Furthermore, today on Thursday, "Israeli" forces martyred a Palestinian man in occupied Al-Quds suspected of a shooting attack on an "Israeli" hardliner which left him wounded, a spokesman said.

The Palestinian man, Muatnaz Hijazi, was martyred at his home in occupied Al-Quds' Abu Tor neighborhood by "Israeli" fire, Zionist police spokesman, Micky Rosenfeld, said.

The shootout took place in the al-Quds neighborhood of Abu Tor, which straddles the seam line between occupied west Al-Quds and the occupied eastern sector, which was annexed by "Israel" during the 1967 Six Day War.

Moreover, the Palestinian suspect's martyrdom took place early on Thursday under the claim of shooting at a Zionist rabbi, Yehuda Glick, at a rally in occupied Al-Quds, leaving him critically wounded.

Glick was reportedly shot in his upper body at "close range" at an event outside the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in occupied Al-Quds, where a number of "Israeli" members of Knesset and right-wing activists were in attendance, "Israeli" news site Ynet said.

The attack was reported after a conference focused on the reconstruction of a Jewish temple on top of the al-Aqsa mosque was concluded at the center.

Additionally, the incident comes amid increasing tension in occupied Al-Quds over an expected Knesset vote to potentially divide the al-Aqsa mosque, or else restrict Muslim worship at the site.

"Israeli" Authorities Demolish Homes, Barns

In addition to all these activities carried out by the Zionists in the occupied territories, "Israeli" authorities demolished three makeshift homes and four barns owned by Palestinians near the southern occupied West Bank city of al-Khalil on Wednesday.

"Israeli" forces have demolished thousands of Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank and occupied Al-Quds over the years.

On Monday, "Israeli" army bulldozers demolished three Palestinian homes in the village of Umm al-Khair.

Similarly, last week, "Israeli" bulldozers demolished three Palestinian homes and three structures in al-Tur east of the Old City of occupied al-Quds, leaving 23 Palestinians homeless.

According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, in 2013, "Israel" demolished more than 500 Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank and occupied East Al-Quds.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team