Dozens of fanatical Israeli settlers broke into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Thursday morning, under heavy police protection, according to Islamic Waqf.

According to the Waqf, settlers raided the sacred Islamic Mosque through al-Maghariba gate and took provocative tours of its compounds.

It went on to say that the extremist settlers performed Talmudic rituals in the Mosque's eastern side.

This comes as Israeli forces tighten their grip on Palestinians traveling from Jerusalem to visit the Mosque, inspecting their IDs and temporarily arresting them.