Zionist Settler Desecrates Muslim Cemetery in Al-Quds
"A Jewish extremist slit the throat of a donkey today at the Golden Gate cemetery before hanging it over the Muslim graves there," the Waqf Islamic affairs council said in a statement on Wednesday.
"It was a serious desecration of one of the main historic Muslim cemeteries in al-Quds."
Photographs circulating on social media show the head of a donkey hanging from a fence of the cemetery, which is adjacent to the Golden Gate, the oldest in the Old City and the only one to be walled.
According to Jewish tradition the Golden Gate will only open on arrival of the messiah, who will enter Jerusalem al-Quds through it.
The cemetery is near the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, a site holy to both Muslims and Jews and is at the heart of tensions between Palestinians and Zionists.
The compound, also home to the Dome of the Rock, is Islam's holiest site after Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia. It lies directly above the Western Wall, the holiest place where Jews are allowed to pray.
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In recent years far-right extremist Jews have made multiple visits to the compound, sparking anger among Palestinians who see this as a provocation.
Defending Al Aqsa was cited by the Palestinian resistance group, Hamas as the main reason for its Al-Aqsa Flood Operation against Israel on October 7.
Israel launched a massive military assault on the Gaza Strip following the cross-border attack, killing at least 21,110 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring 55,243 others, according to local health authorities.
Source: TRT World
