
A right-wing Israeli journalist incites the bombing of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Key Takeaways
- Yinon Magal urged bombing and direct targeting of Al-Aqsa Mosque in a Friday X post.
- The post was presented as a request: '800 meters northeast, please'.
- Occurred hours after Iranian rocket fragment fell inside the Old City walls near Al-Aqsa.
Incitement by Yinon Magal
Hours after a fragment from an Iranian rocket fell inside the walls of the Old City in occupied Jerusalem, a few hundred meters from the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Israeli right-wing journalist Yinon Magal posted on X incitement to bomb and direct targeting of the mosque.
“Hours after a fragment from an Iranian rocket fell inside the walls of the Old City in occupied Jerusalem, just a few hundred meters from the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Israeli right-wing journalist Yinon Magal went out to incite bombing and direct targeting of the mosque”
Magal wrote, in the form of a request: '800 meters northeast, please,' and attached a photo of the city of Jerusalem showing the surroundings of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, signaling that he hoped the fragment would fall inside the mosque and urging a future attack.

The fragment's fall in the Jewish Quarter led to a person being injured with minor injuries and material damage.
AI image by extremist rabbi
Jerusalem Governorate said that extremist rabbi Baruch Marzel published last Saturday an AI-generated image showing a base of aircraft beneath the Al-Aqsa Mosque, attaching it with a sarcastic comment claiming the existence of a 'secret air force base in Jerusalem'.
Eid closure and police actions
Al-Aqsa Mosque remains closed by order of Israeli authorities, who prevented Eid prayers there on Friday, for the first time since East Jerusalem was occupied in 1967.
“Hours after a fragment from an Iranian rocket fell inside the walls of the Old City in occupied Jerusalem, just a few hundred meters from the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Israeli right-wing journalist Yinon Magal went out to incite bombing and direct targeting of the mosque”
Israeli police spread densely in the Old City, erecting iron barriers at its entrances to prevent worshippers from reaching the mosque and performing prayers there.
Eyewitnesses said the police fired tear gas toward worshippers who tried to perform Eid prayers in the area of Bab al-Sahrah, one of the gates of the Old City.
Ongoing closure and regional reaction
Israeli measures against the Al-Aqsa Mosque have continued since the outbreak of the US-Israeli war on Iran on February 28 of last year, with authorities announcing its complete closure on the pretext of preventing gatherings under the pretext of security measures, despite repeated condemnations from Arab and Islamic countries.
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