Occupied Palestine (QNN) - Dozens of heavily guarded extremist Israeli settlers on Sunday broke into the al-Aqsa Mosque Compound via the Maghariba gate. Jerusalem Islamic Waqf department said that at least 73 Israeli settlers along with four Israeli intelligence officers broke into al-Aqsa Mosque and roamed in its courtyards. The department pointed out that the settlers performed Talmudic rituals at the eastern part of the mosque and received explanations on the so-called ‘Temple Mount’. Despite tight Israeli restrictions, thousands of Palestinian worshipers from Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories occupied in 1948 visit al-Aqsa Mosque during the holy month of Ramadan. Last week, over 571 Israeli settlers, including dozens of senior rabbis, broke into the Al-Aqsa Mosque and held several "preparatory" lectures and discussions ahead of the Jewish holiday of "Passover". On Thursday, alleged Temple Mount groups called for mass breakings into the al-Aqsa Mosque Compound in mid-April which marks the Jewish Passover holiday. The alleged groups said that they will offer animal sacrifices at the courtyards of the al-Aqsa Mosque as part of performing Passover rituals. The mass Israeli breakings into the al-Aqsa Mosque will be held on April 15 and continue until April 22, which coincides with the third week of the holy month of Ramadan. It’s noteworthy that the al-Aqsa mosque Compound exposes on a daily basis to the storming of the Israeli settlers, at which they perform Talmudic rituals and discrete its sanctity.