HEBRON, Israeli occupation forces locked down today the archaeological Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, south of the West Bank, to Muslim worshipers under the pretext of the Jewish holidays.

Ghassan Rajabi, the director of the Mosque, told WAFA that the occupation authorities decided to shut down the holy site to Muslim worshipers starting 10:00 a.m. local time and for 24 hours.

The city of Hebron in the southern West Bank is home to roughly 160,000 Palestinians and about 800 notoriously aggressive Israeli settlers who live in compounds heavily guarded by Israeli troops.

Israel has expelled the only international monitors protecting Hebron’s Palestinians from 800 heavily guarded settlers, one of whom committed the 1994 massacre that triggered their deployment.

Source: Palestine News & Info Agency