Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Dec. 26
JERUSALEM -- Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said on Thursday that he visited East Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and "said a prayer," which appeared to have breached the long-standing status quo in the site.
The Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third-holiest site in Islam, is administered by the Jerusalem Awqaf Department, an Islamic religious trust affiliated to Jordan. Jews revere the site as the T