Even the precious Dome of the Rock and Al Aqsa (‘Haram al-Sharif’) built on the Jewish Temple Mount had been left to waste away.

Source: https://www.jewishpress.com/blogs/the-colourful-twitter-history-of-palestine/2023/08/06/

Gazans mourned the loss of their loved ones on Saturday following a night of intense Israeli airstrikes, with many gathering at Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al Balah in central Gaza.

Source: https://krdo.com/news/2023/10/28/israeli-ground-forces-are-inside-gaza-as-palestinians-take-stock-after-intense-overnight-bombardment/

Gazans say the demonstrations are to protest issues including the treatment of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and Jewish visits to the Al Aqsa mosque compound, a site holy to both Muslims and Jews, who know it as the Temple Mount.

Source: https://www.marketscreener.com/news/latest/Three-Palestinians-wounded-in-clashes-on-Israel-Gaza-border-Palestinian-officials-say--44910449/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=20230923

Kenzi al Madhoun, a four-year-old who was wounded in Israeli bombardment lies at Al Aqsa Hospital in Deir al Balah City, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023.

Source: https://rapidcityjournal.com/life-entertainment/nation-world/2023-in-photos-calamities-of-war-disaster-unleashed-again-on-a-middle-east-in-turmoil/article_2a7b3f74-1a40-51ca-bcb2-19519acc6955.html

Leaving Al Aqsa, a group of yeshiva students spotted my Islamic prayer rug and hassled and heckled me all the way to the hotel.

Source: https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2023/0404/Letter-from-Jerusalem-In-a-holy-week-city-parades-its-better-self?icid=rss

People walk toward the Dome of the Rock shrine at the Aqsa mosque compound (also known as the Temple Mount complex to Jews) in the old city of Jerusalem on Jan.

Source: https://time.com/6244555/temple-mount-haram-al-sharif-israel-ben-gvir/

The ministry and Tulkarem’s branch of Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a militant group with connections to President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party, identified the pair as Samer El Shafei and Hamza Kharyoush, both aged 22.

Source: https://www.alloaadvertiser.com/news/national/23504891.israeli-army-kills-two-palestinians-west-bank-raid/?ref=rss

There were also severe attacks on the Aqsa Mosque and Muslim and Christian holy sites.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/world/india-should-take-balanced-stand-ex-palestinian-authority-minister-8992817/

These escalations coincided with the Jewish high holidays, when large numbers of Jewish worshippers, encouraged by fundamentalist groups and politicians, visit the Aqsa Mosque Compound, known to them as the Temple Mount.

Source: https://www.972mag.com/gaza-protests-fence-return-march/