Press Release issued by Hussam Badran , the spokesperson of the Islamic Resistance Movement 'Hamas' :

The intensified attack against Al-Aqsa mosque will be faced by escalation of resistance. The occupied  West Bank fighters will not leave Al-Aqas Mosque alone in facing the Israeli crimes against it.

In light of the  increasing  calls for repeated incursions of Al Aqsa,  We warn of  the seriousness of launching the Israeli Occupation  an arrest campaign against the guards of Al-Aqsa Mosque.”

This campaign of arrest coincided with the decision of the Israeli Prime Minister , Benjamin Netanyahu, to allow the members of the Zionist Knesset to resume storming Al- Aqsa Mosque; something which he had stopped since the outbreak of Al- Aqsa Intifada.

We also warn of the seriousness of the calls promoted by the Zionist organization " Women for the Temple" schemed to storm and desecrate  Al-Aqsa Mosque for construction of  the alleged temple. The organization calls for escalated incursions against Al Aqsa mosque during "Hebrew Passover" two weeks later 

Hamas praised the calls made by the youth in which they urged the youth of Jerusalem , 1948 Occupied Lands  and the lovers of Al-Aqsa Mosque to volunteer to  guard Al-Aqsa , especially now the guards have becme a continuous target for the Israeli Occupation.   It also calls for activating the popular calls to stay inside ( Rebat)  the Blessed Mosque.