Israel 'emptying' Al-Aqsa facilities to undermine Waqf, watchdog warns Israel  has emptied four facilities within the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex that served as offices for the Islamic Waqf, in what a monitoring group has described as an escalating campaign against the Jordanian-backed body. The Al-Quds International Institution, a  Palestinian  organisation that monitors developments in Jerusalem,  said on Tuesday  that Israeli authorities have used "manufactured security pretexts" to target the facilities. According to the group, Israeli forces raided the sites in recent months, broke their locks and prevented the installation of replacements.