Member of Hamas’s political bureau has defined the clashes at al-Aqsa Mosque as a battle of existence and willpower calling for all-out support for the holy site.

In a statement on Thursday, Abdul-Jabbar Sa’eid stressed the need for confronting the Israeli aggression against Muslim worshipers and the sanctity of the Aqsa Mosque with all possible resistance.
 
The Hamas official urged the Palestinian people across the occupied territories to intensify their presence at the Aqsa Mosque to stand in the face of what he called “the racist fascist aggression.”
 
He underlined that performing I’tikaf (religious retreat) at the Aqsa Mosque is no longer an optional issue, but rather it is a religious obligation in order to defend it.
 
He called on the Palestinian resistance to clash with Israeli forces at all checkpoints and barriers in order to make the occupation state live in a state of unimaginable anxiety.