In June Israeli Settlers Violate Al Aqsa Sanctity 540 Times

CROSSFIREARABIA – Israeli occupation forces and extremist settlers escalated their violations in occupied Jerusalem in June by 540 times against Palestinians, their property, and holy sites according to the Palestinian Information Center (Ma’ta). It documented that 8,900 settlers stormed  the Al-Aqsa Mosque with 20 desecration cases and two cases of expulsion of Palestinian worshippers. It revealed 10 Palestinians were injured in Jerusalem, amidst 25 shooting incidents, 25 settler attacks, and five cases of assault and beatings. The report also stated occupation forces made 71 arrests, 102 raids and closures, and 183 harassment instances. Occupation forces also carried out 63 raids on homes and confiscated property and demolished 32 houses. In the first half of 2026, 11 Palestinians were killed by Israeli soldiers and settlers in the occupied Jerusalem Governorate, while 191 citizens were injured and 866 were arrested, amid escalating Israeli violations against Palestinians and the Islamic holy sites. It noted that the Al-Aqsa Mosque witnessed a significant escalation in the pace of Israeli incursions and violations in the first half of 2026, with a total of 25,604 settlers storming the compound, in addition to 524,912 others who entered under the guise of pretending to be tourists according to the Palestine Information Center.

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    Dr. Marwan Asmar holds a PhD from Leeds University and is a freelance writer specializing on the Middle East. He has worked as a journalist since the early 1990s in Jordan and the Gulf countries, and been widely published, including at Albawaba, Gulf News, Al Ghad, World Press Review and others.

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    CROSSFIREARABIA – This time there is no commentary from Ibrahim Isam like he usually provides

    However Maryanne Sanders wrote on his page:

    This is a truly real photo Ibrahim. It shows us your daily reality – the tents, the density of people. Where is the personal escape? Maybe the sea. May normality return soon.

    Another, Kholoud Hamatto said:

    Usually, summer is a time to enjoy the sea and sunshine and create beautiful memories… Yet our people are forced to live in tents on the beach, deprived of the most basic necessities of human life, privacy, and dignity.

    How can a place meant for joy and respite become a shelter? Hasn’t the time come for these chapters of our Nakba to end, and for our people to reclaim their right to a safe, dignified, and humane life?

    Bernadette Dunn lamented:

    At a quick first glance of the Gaza shoreline it almost appears as a type of festive gathering with lots of people and a rainbow of colorful tents.

    Once one picks up the phone to see the real picture it becomes all too clear that this scene is anything but festive.

    I have no words except to express my sorrow and shame that this is the reality of the lives of Gaza and it’s people today.

    I’m sorry you all are living this nightmare while the 🌎 stands by and does nothing.

    I’m ashamed to be witness to this. I’m ashamed that my country (USA) is so involved in causing and perpetuating the suffering of the Palestinians and the destruction of your homeland.

    I pray 🙏🏼 for change to come fast.

    I pray that the world’s “leaders” will come to it’s or our senses and STOP this genocide.

    A third year of this insane genocide will begin in less than one month as innocent people continue to be slaughtered and what little remains of the infrastructure of Gaza is bombed, burned and bulldozed down.

    Dear God 🙏🏼before another funeral or another child dies by a sniper’s bullet before she attends her first day of school make this travesty end. Gaza deserves to live.

    Let the healing begin

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