Israeli forces have detained and searched the director of Al-Aqsa Mosque as he was entering the holy site on Tuesday.
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Israeli forces have also held up Jordan’s ambassador to Tel Aviv at an entrance to Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque on Tuesday, prompting condemnation from Amman.
Ghassan Majali was stopped at Bab al-Asbat (Lions' Gate), leading to the mosque, and asked to present permission to visit the site.
The envoy then left in protest, according to Palestinian media reports.
Israeli police said they didn't refuse Majali from entering and that the officer at the scene did not recognize Majali and was asking his commander for clarification, causing the delay.
Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, one of the holiest sites in Islam, is under the custodianship of Jordan.
Amman has recently warned that Israel, under the new far right-influenced government, is attempting to change the status quo at the site.
As part of a decades-old understanding between Tel Aviv regime and Jordan - the custodian of Islamic and Christian sites in Jerusalem - the affairs of the mosque are meant to be the sole responsibility of the Waqf, a joint Jordanian-Palestinian Islamic trust.
Under the agreement, commonly referred to as the status quo, Muslims should be allowed to enter the mosque without restrictions while non-Muslims can visit after approval from the Waqf.
Israeli authorities have repeatedly violated provisions of the agreement and facilitated visits by settlers and ultranationalists without the Waqf’s approval.
Israeli police have been recently accused of turning a blind eye to Jewish prayer taking place in the courtyards of the mosque, in what Palestinians and Jordanians warn is a dangerous violation of the status quo.
