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JERUSALEM (Ma’an) – Israeli police officers detained two young Palestinian men from the al-Aqsa Mosque after a group of Jews entered the compound Wednesday morning.

Witnesses told Ma’an that Muhsin Abu Sweib from Jerusalem and Abdullah Akkawi from Acre were detained Wednesday morning. Both are students learning Islamic teachings in the al-Aqsa compound.

The onlookers added that a group of 24 rightists escorted by large numbers of police officers entered the compound while Muslim worshipers shouted in protest against the entry of the Israelis into the holy Muslim place.