Israeli crowd led by hard-right politician storms Jerusalem mosque

An crowd led by hard-right politician Itamar Ben-Gvir stormed Jerusalem's most holy site today in a pilgrimage seen by Muslims as provocative.

The move launches a fresh challenge to rules covering one of the most sensitive sites in the Middle East - with tensions over the compound fuelling violence before.

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned the visit - which took place on a jewish holiday- as a 'provocative intrusion' that endangered the fragile status quo regarding the Jerusalem compound.

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