Itamar #BenGvir is trying to start another #intifada. He took a page from #ArielSharon's playbook, making a provocative appearance at the #HaramAshSharif / #TempleMount to deny Palestinian statehood, assert permanent Israeli sovereignty, and call for Gaza's destruction.
#Israel on Sunday issued a formal #DeclarationOfWar against #Hamas & pounded #Gaza w/ strikes, promising retaliation for an unprecedented attack by the #militant group that surprised Israeli #security forces. The #DeathToll has risen to 600 in Israel, & thousands have been injured…, while Palestinian authorities said ≥370 were killed & 2,200 injured in Gaza.
Israeli settlers stormed the complex on Oct 4 in groups through the al-Mughrabi Gate by the Western Wall near Al-Aqsa Mosque & attempted to perform “Talmudic rituals”….
Police imposed age restrictions & prevented young Palestinians from entering the mosque during the incursions, witnesses told the Anadolu news agency.