News - Middle East: Sayyed Abdulmalik Badr Al-Din Al-Houthi affirmed that the Israeli attacks on worshipers in Al-Aqsa Mosque are a satanic practice that needs to be confronted. "The Jewish Zionist lobby is at the forefront of followers of Satan to corrupt people and society," he said.

He pointed out that it is the responsibility of Muslims to have a position on the side of the Palestinian people, stressing that this will bring defeat to the Zionist enemy.

He called for standing with the Palestinian people by all means of cooperation, considering that the correct position towards the Israeli enemy is of great importance

Sayyed Abdulmalik stressed that there must be a strong position, and that we realize that the battle with the Zionist-Jewish enemy is part of the conflict with the followers of Satan.

Tension rose in the Occupied West Bank on Wednesday after Israeli police detained around 350 worshipers from inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex.

A group of Palestinians barricaded themselves inside the Al-Qibli Prayer Hall in the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex after Jewish settlers called for a raid on the mosque. They attempted to prevent police from entering by closing its doors.

Surrounding the Al-Qibli Prayer Hall, Israeli police went up to the roof of the Mosque, smashed some of the windows and initially intervened with sound bombs against the worshipers inside. Some of the people in the Mosque tried to resist the police by throwing fireworks.

For Muslims, Al-Aqsa represents Islam's third-holiest site. Jews call the area the Temple Mount, saying it was the site of two Jewish temples in ancient times.

Israel occupied East Jerusalem, where Al-Aqsa is located, during the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. It annexed the entire city in 1980 in a move never recognised by the international community.