A Palestinian Report Documents the Escalation of Violations Against Islamic Holy Sites During 2025
The annual report issued by the Palestinian Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs, released on Sunday, January 11, revealed a noticeable escalation in Israeli violations against Islamic holy sites in the occupied Palestinian territories during 2025.
The report explained that Israeli settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the city of Jerusalem 280 times over the past year, under the protection of occupation forces, constituting a continuous violation of the historical and legal status quo at the المسجد and an escalation widely seen as an attempt to impose new realities on the ground.
In a related context, the ministry reported that the occupation authorities prevented the call to prayer from being broadcast at the Ibrahimi Mosque in the city of Hebron, south of the West Bank, on 769 occasions during 2025, describing this as a direct violation of freedom of worship and a continuation of the restrictive policies imposed on the mosque since its temporal and spatial division.
The report stressed that these violations are part of a systematic policy targeting Islamic holy sites, warning of the dangers their continuation poses to religious and humanitarian stability in the Palestinian territories, and calling on the international community and human rights institutions to assume their legal and moral responsibilities to put an end to these practices.
It is worth noting that the Palestinian Ministry of Awqaf issues an annual report documenting attacks and violations targeting mosques, cemeteries, and endowment properties, as part of its efforts to monitor the religious situation and protect holy sites in Palestine.
