Record animal sacrifice attempts at Al-Aqsa prompt status quo fears
Record attempts by Israeli settlers to smuggle sacrifices into Al-Aqsa Mosque mark unprecedented escalation since 1967.
![Palestinian Muslim worshippers attend a prayer by a road, as they are not permitted to attend the last Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa compound, also known to Jews as the Temple Mount, for the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, following restrictions on gathering in large groups, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, by Damascus Gate in Occupied East Jerusalem on March 13, 2026. [Sinan Abu Mayzer/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/image-1773438819.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Israeli forces beat back Muslim worshippers with batons to prevent their entry to Al-Aqsa Mosque for Ramadan prayers.
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Smoke billows in the sky, some of it from a chimney, as rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023. [Ammar Awad/Reuters]
An aerial view shows vehicles on fire as rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip, in Ashkelon, southern Israel, on October 7, 2023. [Ilan Rosenberg/Reuters]
Israeli security forces evacuate an injured woman from a site hit by a rocket. Gaza's Hamas militant group launched thousands of rockets on Saturday as it said it was opening a broad military operation against Israel. [Oren Ziv/AP Photo]
Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip, as seen from Ashkelon. [Sinan Abu Mayzer/Reuters]
Police officers evacuate a woman and child from a site hit by a rocket in Ashkelon. Cities and towns emptied as the military closed roads near Gaza. Israel's rescue service and the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza appealed to the public to donate blood. [Tsafrir Abayov/AP Photo]
A man in Ashkelon works to put out a fire engulfing a van, as rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip. [Ammar Awad/Reuters]
A man wearing a Jewish prayer shawl looks out of a damaged entrance to a building. [Ammar Awad/Reuters]
Cars burn after a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit a parking lot and a residential building in Ashkelon. [Tsafrir Abayov/AP Photo]
Israeli police officers evacuate a family from a site hit by a rocket in Ashkelon. [Tsafrir Abayov/AP Photo]
A man photographs a remnant of a rocket launched from Gaza that is lying on the ground, in Ashkelon. [Amir Cohen/Reuters]
Israeli soldiers head south near Ashkelon as Palestinian fighters in the Gaza Strip infiltrated southern Israel and fired thousands of rockets into the country while Israel began attacking targets in Gaza in response. [Ohad Zwigenberg/AP Photo]
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Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque complex on fifth day of Sukkot
Israeli settlers storm complex in groups and attempt to perform ‘Talmudic rituals’, according to a Waqf official.
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Murabitat: The Palestinian women defending Al-Aqsa
Murabitat remain dedicated to defending Al-Aqsa against Israeli incursions, despite repeated banning orders.
Friday was likely the final opportunity this Ramadan for Palestinians who met the restrictive entry criteria to enter occupied East Jerusalem [Jehad Barakat/Al Jazeera]
On the fourth and possibly last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, hundreds of Palestinians made their way through the Qalandiya military checkpoint on their way to Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem for noon prayers. [Jehad Barakat/Al Jazeera]
On Fridays during Ramadan this year, Israel allowed Palestinian males under 12 and over 55, and women of all ages, to enter Jerusalem without a difficult-to-obtain military permit. [Jehad Barakat/Al Jazeera]
Palestinians from all over the West Bank often leave their homes in the early morning hours in order to claim a spot in long queues that develop as a result of lengthy searches by Israeli forces. [Jehad Barakat/Al Jazeera]
The majority of Palestinians entering Jerusalem must use one of three main checkpoints: Qalandiya, between Ramallah and Jerusalem, Checkpoint 300 between Bethlehem and Jerusalem and Zaitouna in al-Ezariya. [Jehad Barakat/Al Jazeera]
Many Palestinians crossing the checkpoint to get to Al-Aqsa Mosque say they face a maze of hallways and myriad convoluted procedures [Jehad Barakat/Al Jazeera]
Wafaa Ramaha, 60, entered a hall inside the military checkpoint in order to reach Al-Aqsa Mosque. She couldn't make it in time for noon prayers. [Jehad Barakat/Al Jazeera]
Majida al-Hajj Hussein, 47, from Nablus, had to leave the checkpoint along with her two children, after Israeli forces prevented her 15-year-old son from passing. [Jehad Barakat/Al Jazeera]
Ali Jamahneh, 60, from Jenin refugee camp, was prevented from passing Qalandiya checkpoint under the pretext of a 'security ban'. [Jehad Barakat/Al Jazeera]
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What does the ‘status quo’ mean at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque?
The status quo of Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound is why a single police raid can precipitate an all-out war.
