The director of al-Aqsa Mosque, Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, has condemned the increased Israeli incursions against the holy site warning that the regime seeks efforts to divide the Mosque temporally and spatially.

The Palestinians resistance movement Hamas has denounced the recent detention of Al-Aqsa Mosque director, Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, for offering condolence over martyrdom of Hamas leader in his speech.

Sheikh Sabri stressed that the Israeli occupation is seeking to convert Al-Aqsa into military barracks to allow non-Muslims to enter it in the morning. He added that despite Israeli excavations under the mosque, the occupation authorities have failed to find proof to support their imaginary stories or to obtain international legitimacy.

Tel Aviv regime has issued an order summoning the preacher of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, following Israeli incitement campaigns that called for his arrest.

Head of the Higher Islamic Council in Occupied Jerusalem has stressed that Israeli struggles to control the al-Aqsa Mosque are doomed to fail.

Archbishop of Palestinian Orthodox Church, Father Atallah Hanna has condemned Israeli incitement against al-Aqsa director and religious figures in Jerusalem al-Quds.

Head of the Higher Islamic Council on Occupied Jerusalem has criticized Muslim and Arab states over inaction regards Israeli violations at the al-Aqsa Mosque as “reprehensible”.