Over a thousand Jews in dozens of groups have already ascended the Temple Mount this morning (Sunday) on the occasion of Tisha B'Av.
The ascent to the mountain began at 07:00, and many hundreds are waiting for their turn to ascend the mountain.
As of this time, order has been maintained.
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Arnon Segal, brother of News 12 journalist Amit Segal, and a candidate in the religious Zionist primary, also came to the scene.
In the meantime, the chairman of Otzma Yehudit, MK Itamar Ben Gvir, who announced that he would also go up to the Temple Mount this morning to commemorate the 9th of the year, received death threats on his personal device and on his Facebook, which read "cut off your head".
The threats to Ben Gvir,
Before going up the mountain, Ben Gvir said: "The threats will not scare me and I will not submit to them. The police should catch the threats and arrest them immediately. I will say a prayer for the peace of the IDF soldiers on the mountain, those who threaten Israel should be crushed."
Arnon Segal at the entrance to the Temple Mount, photo: Argon Bidno
It should be noted that MK Ben Gabir's ascension was coordinated with the Knesset officer and the Jerusalem police about a week ago, and in assessing the situation last night, it was determined by the Shin Bet and the police that there is no obstacle for him to ascend the mountain.
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