Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in the occupied East Jerusalem just hours after being sanctioned by the UK and four other countries
In a brief statement, the Islamic Endowment Department in Jerusalem said that Ben-Gvir on Wednesday morning stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex under the protection of the Israeli forces.
The latest intrusion into the Al-Aqsa complex was the eighth by the far-right minister since he joined Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government in 2022.
Earlier, the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway have announced sanctions against two far-right Israeli ministers — national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and finance minister Bezalel Smotrich — for "repeated incitements of violence against Palestinian communities", the British government said.
Both will be subject to a travel ban and an asset freeze, the UK Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
