GAZA, (PIC)-- Hamas urged Arabs and Muslims to urgently act to save the holy Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem from repeated Zionist attempts to desecrate and control it.

Hamas's spokesman in northern Gaza Abdul Latif Al-Qanu said in a press statement on Sunday that the Arab and Muslim masses and all Muslim scholars should swiftly move to protect the holy site, which is the target of constant Zionist violations, excavations and desecrations.

Qanu said that Arabs and Muslims should assume their responsibilities and duties toward the Aqsa Mosque.

He also asked Palestinians in Jerusalem to confront the "Zionist dirty storming attempts" with all means available.

The spokesman warned the "Zionist enemy" of the ramifications of the incessant attempts to storm and to desecrate the holy site, and held it responsible for all consequent events and stands.

Israeli special forces on Sunday stormed the Aqsa Mosque to protect Jewish settlers who wished to roam the holy site on the occasion of Yom Kippur but were confronted by Muslim worshippers who refused the step, describing it as a desecration of Islam's third holiest site.

Many Palestinians were wounded when the Israeli forces sprayed them with rubber-coated bullets.