An Israeli court has sentenced the imam of a Jerusalem mosque to three years in prison on allegation of incitement.

Sheikh Jamal Mustafa, a renowned imam in Issawiya was detained over alleged incitement in one of his sermons.

He was arrested at the beginning of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza, October 15, 2023. During his detention, he was reportedly exposed to maltreatment.

In addition to Sheikh Mustafa, the Israeli police jailed two other Jerusalemite mosque imams on a similar charge following the October 7 events in Gaza.

In a separate incident, the Israeli police kidnaped two brothers from the family of al-Ruwaidi after the Israeli municipality embarked on demolishing five houses belonging to the family in al-Bustan neighborhood in the east Jerusalem district of Silwan.