According to local sources, Isam Amaira and Rafat Najeeb received police verdicts ordering them to stay away from the Aqsa Mosque for six months, pay a fine of 5,000 shekels each and come back again for further questioning next Thursday.

Police officers detained Amaira and Najeeb in the afternoon at the Asbat Gate of the Mosque on allegations of their presence illegally in the area.

Last Thursday, the Israeli police ordered a young man called Ibrahim al-Natsha not to enter the Mosque for one week and come back again for questioning and to receive a renewed entry order.

Two young men identified as Rawhi Kulgasi and Yaqoub ad-Dabbagh also received a similar no-entry order last Wednesday from the police. (ILKHA)