Israel Issues 800 Expulsion Orders from Al-Aqsa Since Start of 2026

The number of Israeli expulsion orders from Al-Aqsa Mosque documented since the beginning of 2026 has reached 800, according to the Jerusalem regional government. Around 15 orders were recorded during the first six days of September alone.

The regional government said the September figure nearly matched the combined total for July and August. Israeli authorities issued 17 orders in July and six in August, it said, citing Middle East Monitor. The government described the figures as evidence that the expulsion policy had accelerated ahead of the Jewish holiday season, which runs from mid-September to early October.

By the end of August, 785 expulsion orders had been recorded since the start of the year, including 762 during the first half of 2026. The government said most of the orders concerned Al-Aqsa Mosque, particularly before and during Ramadan. It also cautioned that the figures did not represent the full number of Israeli expulsion orders, but only cases it had been able to track and document.

The report linked the figures to a wider pattern of incidents at mosques in the occupied West Bank. On Sunday, Israeli forces reportedly threw stun grenades toward worshippers inside the Great Mosque during a raid in Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem. Voice of Palestine published a photograph of a grenade lying on the mosque carpet after evening prayers.

On Tuesday night, worshippers in a mosque in Madama village, in the northern Nablus governorate, reportedly suffered breathing difficulties after Israeli forces fired tear gas inside while they were praying. The report said attacks on mosques had increased in recent months, including grenade attacks, attempted arson and racist slogans painted on walls. On Sept. 1, Israeli settlers reportedly tried to burn the Nour al-Din Zanki Mosque in Bazariya.