The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has warned of plans by Israeli settler organisations circulating on Hebrew-language platforms that discuss attacking and demolishing Al-Aqsa Mosque and constructing a temple in its place, Al Jazeera reports.

In a statement published on X, the ministry said it considers the plans a “systematic incitement to escalate the targeting of Christian and Islamic holy sites in occupied Jerusalem”.

“The Ministry calls on the international community and its relevant UN institutions to deal with this incitement with utmost seriousness, and to take the measures required by international law,” it said.

Israeli settlers regularly storm Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Islam’s third-holiest site, in occupied East Jerusalem and perform religious rituals under the protection of Israeli forces.