Israeli police on Tuesday assaulted Palestinian guards stationed at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound amid increased tensions around the flashpoint site during the Jewish Passover holiday.

Israeli police on Tuesday assaulted Palestinian guards stationed at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound amid increased tensions around the flashpoint site during the Jewish Passover holiday.

Nearly 130 Jewish Israelis raided the Al-Aqsa compound under armed guard provided by the Zionist occupation soldiers via the Moroccan gate in occupied East Jerusalem’s Old City.

Palestinian guards protecting Al-Aqsa Mosque attempted to intervene when members of the group began performing "religious" rituals.

Palestinian shop owners were forced to close their storefronts in al-Khalil (Hebron) Tuesday.