Jordan condemns in the “strongest terms” the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israel’s far-right National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, as a “flagrant violation of international law”, Al Jazeera reports.

In a statement on X, Jordan’s foreign ministry spokesperson said that it, as custodian of Al-Aqsa Mosque, one of Islam’s holiest sites, considers the repeated incursions by Ben-Gvir and Israeli settlers under the protection of the police as a “blatant violation of the historical and legal status quo” of the mosque.

“[Spokesperson Sufian Al-Qudah] warned of the consequences of the continuation of these provocative and illegitimate violations of Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem, demanding that Israel, as the occupying power, halt all provocative practices by the extremist minister Ben-Gvir,” the statement read.

“Which constitute a continuation of the extremist Israeli government’s policy aimed at pursuing dangerous escalation and unilateral actions in the occupied West Bank and violating the sanctity of Islamic and Christian holy sites in occupied Jerusalem,” it added.