Jerusalem, ALRAY - Israeli occupation settlers have violently assaulted a Palestinian child near a gate of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem.

Local sources said that a group of Israeli colonial settlers brutally beat up Mustafa Abu Khalaf near the Al-Khalil gate of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Israeli colonial settlers have recently stepped up their attacks against Palestinian citizens and their property in the occupied West Bank, under the protection of the Israeli occupation army.

His father said that Mustafa suffered a hand fracture and was rushed to Makassed Hospital in occupied Jerusalem.

Meanwhile, Israeli colonial settlers performed religious rituals near Bab al-Hadid, one of the gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Videos circulated online showed dozens of Israeli colonial settlers performing religious rituals near the Bab al-Hadid gate, under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces.