The Israeli police on Wednesday afternoon arrested a guard at al-Aqsa Mosque in Al-Quds (Jerusalem).

Spokesman for Jerusalem's Islamic Awqaf Department Feras al-Dibs said that the Israeli police arrested Ali Hamad at al-Asbat Gate and transferred him to an interrogation center in the Old City.

The Israeli police have arrested dozens of Islamic Awqaf officials and Aqsa guards in Jerusalem after they participated in the opening of Bab al-Rahma prayer area last Friday following a 16-year-long closure.