whilejews in his view should be visiting the site during the holiday, they should not be bringing animals up there for slaughter. in the meantime, security forces here remain on high alert for anything that could trigger another cycle of violence. jeremy bowen is our international editor. i can speak to him in the newsroom now. when we talk about the potential here and real concerns there are about what could happen next, could i ask you to explain fully the significance of the al aqsa it is i ask you to explain fully the significance of the al-aqsa it is on a iece of significance of the al-aqsa it is on a piece of land significance of the al-aqsa it is on a piece of land that significance of the al-aqsa it is on a piece of land that is significance of the al-aqsa it is on a piece of land that is wholly - significance of the al-aqsa it is on a piece of land that is wholly to i a piece of land that is wholly to jews and muslims. jews revere it as the site of the ancient temple and
solomon s greatest accomplishment was the construction of the temple in jerusalem. and this was a house. solomon s father david had brought the arc of covenant to jerusalem and plant it on apparently a rocky high point overlooking the city. what solomon does on top of that rocky, solomon built built a pet house to the god of israel. the place where the first temple built by solomon stood. all of a sudden on top of the rock is the foundation of the dome of the rock. the islamic edifice that stands there today, it is the most holy place in western and middle eastern civilization.
but muslims, the dome of the rock. has there been a change as far as you know right now? in terms of the police perspective, our units know on a ground level those rockets can strike anywhere, any place. for hamas to fire into muslim area and muslim community, they ve done that in the past. we experienced that in the lebanese war where rockets landed within heavily arab populated areas and there were casualties there. i don t think the hamas are afraid of killing israelis. they ll kill anyone they can. what i want to focus on this evening is the police perspective. our units stepped up security in and around different areas across the country. obviously, we are looking ahead at the next 24, 48 hours how the situation will develop. you brief there will be an israeli ground invasion of gaza? i can t confirm what steps are being taken and what will