Police say Iran, terror groups spreading false reports Flag March to go to Temple Mount

Police issue a statement accusing Iran and terror groups of spreading false rumors on social media that the contentious Jerusalem Day Flag March tomorrow would go through the Temple Mount.

Police reiterate the march will stick to its traditional route, which while going through the Muslim Quarter of the Old City, has never gone onto the flashpoint Temple Mount.

“For several days now, terrorist elements inspired by Iran, through Hezbollah, Hamas and extreme Islamic Jihad, have been spreading false information on social networks about the route of the flag parade that will take place tomorrow in the capital of Israel, Jerusalem,” says police commissioner Kobi Shabtai.

“The goal of those terrorist elements is clear, and it is to create wild incitement to terrorism against the thousands of Israelis who will come to mark Jerusalem Day,” he says.

The Temple Mount is Judaism’s holiest site. The hilltop also contains the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third-holiest site in Islam, making it a deeply contested flashpoint between Arabs and Jews.

Hamas has called for tens of thousands of Palestinians to go up to the Temple Mount tomorrow morning.