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Jordan Condemns in ‘Severest’ Terms Israeli Minister’s Visit to Al-Aqsa Mosque

Visitors walk next to Al-Aqsa mosque on the compound known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City January 3, 2023. (Reuters)

Jordan said on Tuesday it condemned in "severest" terms a visit by Israeli far right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem.

"Jordan condemns in the severest of terms the storming of the Aqsa mosque and violating its sanctity," said a statement by the foreign ministry.

Ben-Gvir briefly toured the site under heavy security.

The compound is Islam's third holiest site after Makkah and Madinah and Judaism's most sacred site, a vestige of two ancient temples of the faith.

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