In a report in Arabic dated 2 November 2026, Al Jazeera said that last October saw an Israeli escalation in occupied Jerusalem and at the Al-Aqsa Mosque. According to the report, Israeli efforts to impose new facts on the ground at the Al-Aqsa Mosque intensified during the month. The report's headline stated that Torah rituals were stepped up at Al-Aqsa and its surroundings. The report added that demolitions, arrests and deportations continued in Jerusalem during the same month. The available text does not include figures on the number of intruders or on demolitions, arrests or deportations. It does not mention any response from Israeli authorities, and it does not identify the sources on which the report relied.