The UN Security Council will meet today (Monday) to discuss the escalating tensions in occupied East Jerusalem.

The council will hold a closed-door session to discuss the crisis, which began with the forced expulsion of Palestinian families from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood by Israeli settlers.

Israel occupied East Jerusalem, where Al-Aqsa is located, during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. It annexed the entire city in 1980 in a move never recognized by the international community.

Meanwhile, Muslims across the world have strongly condemned and launched protest against Israeli attacks on unarmed Palestinians at Al-Aqsa mosque, which left hundreds of Palestinians injured during the holy month of Ramadan.

In a statement, the US Council of Muslim Organizations denounced the night-time storming and desecration of Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli forces and the firing of stun grenades at worshippers offering Ramadan prayers.

The organization urged the US President Joe Biden and the Congress to halt its financial support for Israeli government and institutions in their clear crimes against humanity.

Separately, the Council on American-Islamic Relations urged media outlets and journalists to stop referring to Israeli attacks on Palestinians as "clashes."

Demonstrations were held across the UK in solidarity with Palestinian worshippers who were attacked by Israeli soldiers inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Jordan has sent an official memorandum to Israel denouncing the attempts to evict residents of the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem from their homes.