In August 1969, the mosque was set on fire by an Australian settler named Dennis Michael Rohan in coordination with Israeli officials and military forces.

That is according to a report by the media office of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas in the West Bank.

Israeli forces have stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem al-Quds in a move condemned as “provocative” amid international efforts to de-escalate tensions in the occupied Palestinian territories.

The US government has for the third time blocked a joint statement from the UN Security Council, which called for cessation of murderous attacks by the Israeli regime in Palestine, according to reports.

People have staged a rally in the British capital London calling on their government to stop its support for the Israeli crimes against Palestinians.

Here is the latest top stories from Press TV on May 10, 2021.

Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement denounces Israeli attacks on Palestinians in Jerusalem al-Quds, expressing solidarity with the victims.

Israeli settlers have escalated their daily raids into the al-Aqsa mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem al-Quds in the last couple of days during their celebrations of one of the Jewish holidays known as “Passover”.

A Palestinian construction worker is being beaten to death at an Israeli settlement in the central part of the occupied West Bank.

A Bahraini royal family member secretly pays a visit to al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied Old City of East Jerusalem al-Quds.