Al-Quds – Saba:
The Governorate of al-Quds has documented a sharp escalation in Israeli enemy violations during July, including the martyrdom of three Palestinians—one of them a child—alongside 5,487 illegal settler incursions into al-Aqsa Mosque.
According to the governorate’s monthly report released Tuesday, violations ranged from field executions, mass arrests, and harsh sentencing, to demolitions, forced evictions, home confinement orders, and near-daily raids on al-Aqsa compound.
The report also highlighted the continued detention of 47 Palestinian corpses, 15 injuries caused by live and rubber bullets or physical assault, and 78 arrests, including 6 children and 5 women. Israeli courts handed down 44 prison sentences, 25 of them administrative detention without trial.
Additionally, the occupying authorities issued 9 banishment orders from al-Aqsa and the Old City, plus travel bans and house arrests targeting activists, guards, and religious figures, in a clear attempt to silence influential voices in the city.
Of the 5,487 settlers who stormed al-Aqsa, 2,484 did so under the guise of "tourism", many performing provocative religious rituals—further fueling fears of imposed settler sovereignty over the sacred site.
In parallel, the report recorded 33 settler attacks on civilians, properties, farms, and religious sites—often under the protection of Israeli forces. Meanwhile, 64 demolitions were carried out, many of them forced self-demolitions under threat of fines.
The month also saw the approval of five new settlement projects as part of the so-called “Greater Jerusalem” plan, designed to isolate al-Quds from its Palestinian surroundings and expand settler blocs at the expense of native residents.
The governorate warned that these statistics reflect a systematic Israeli campaign targeting the people, land, identity, and holy sites of occupied al-Quds. It called for urgent international intervention to halt the violations, protect Palestinian civilians, and hold the occupation accountable.
Al-Quds, the statement concluded, will remain Arab, Palestinian, and Islamic—despite all attempts at Judaization and displacement.
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