Israel has "hidden plan" and "diabolical ideas to completely destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque" - Fatah official
Fatah Central Committee Deputy Secretary Sabri Saidam: "In all the wars and intifadas, Israel did not close the Al-Aqsa Mosque. This time it chose to close the Al-Aqsa Mosque because ithad a hidden plan that it wanted to implement, particularly during Passover, to finally seize the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and perhaps there were also some diabolical ideas to completely destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque...
We must consider the stage in which Israel may destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Heaven forbid, and rebuild the Temple, and thus erase all Islamic-Christian presence in the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre."
[Fatah-run Awdah TV, Facebook page, April 13, 2026]
The closure of Al-Aqsa refers to the closure of the Temple Mount due to security concerns of rocket fire during the American-Israeli war against Iran in 2026.