GAZA, PALESTINOW.COM — Head of Hamas’s political bureau Ismail Haneyya has warned of any Israeli measures targeting the Aqsa Mosque through attempting to divide it temporally and spatially or changing its Islamic identity.
In press remarks on Sunday, Haneyya stressed the need for “uniting the Palestinian people, closing ranks and activating all forms of resistance in order to protect the Aqsa Mosque and all Islamic and Christian holy sites.”
“The Hamas leadership is following the Israeli measures against the Aqsa Mosque, the suppression of worshipers and murabatin (sentinels) inside it, and the repeated calls to defile it, especially during the holy Eid al-Adha, in a bid to violate the rights and provoke the feelings of millions of Muslims around the world on these blessed days,” he said.
He called on the Arab nation and the Palestinian people to assume their historical responsibility towards the events happening in Occupied Jerusalem and at the Aqsa Mosque and to support the Jerusalemites and their steadfastness in the face of the most dangerous conspiracy targeting the Mosque.
