JEWISH EXCAVATIONS TRIGGER LANDSLIDE IN JERUSALEM

GAZA, Jan 3 (NNN-KUNA): The ongoing Israeli excavations have led to a landslide in a main street in Salwan district, downtown Jerusalem, Al-Aqsa Waqf and Heritage Foundation announced Saturday evening.

“The landslide, which is two meters long, one meter wide and one and a half meters deep, took place some 700 meters to the south of Al-Aqsa Mosque – the Muslims’ third holiest site,” said a statement issued by the foundation.

In an earlier statement the foundation cautioned that the network of tunnels, being dug by the Israeli authorities around and under Al-Aqsa Mosque under the pretext of archeological excavations, could topple the Mosque and the nearby homes.

“These activities have rendered most of the buildings in Salwan area unsafe and liable to collapse at any moment.

“They are part of the designs of the Israeli occupation authorities to force the local Palestinians to leave their homes for Jewish settlers as a prelude to judaizing the holy city,” according to the statement.

The foundation appealed to the Arab and Muslim nations to step in immediately to save the endangered Mosque.

-NNN-KUNA