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Sunday 05 Apr 2015 - 13:18 Makkah mean time-16-6-1436  Ibrahimi Mosque, Hebron Hebron (IINA) – The Israeli occupation authorities decided to shut down Hebron's Ibrahimi Mosque to Muslim worshipers from Sunday morning to Monday evening to allow Jewish settlers to visit the holy place during Sukkot holiday, Ma'an News Agency reported Sunday.
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Ministry of Endowment told Ma'an that Israel notified the chief custodian of the Ibrahimi Mosque of the closure decision.
Deputy Director of the office Jamil Abu Dawood described the decision as "assault against one of God's houses and harming Muslims' feelings”.
The closure will let the settlers to violate the mosque in all its corridors and courtyards, under the pretext of the so-called Jewish holiday of Passover.
The Mosque, known by Jews as the Cave of the Patriarchs, was the scene of a massacre of 29 Palestinians by a Jewish extremist in 1994.
Israeli authorities divided the religious site as a result, with one section used as a mosque and the other as a synagogue, often with the two faiths allowed entry on different days.
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