A building engineer working for the Islamic Waqf was brought in for questioning by the police today.

The engineer was questioned in connection to construction and and maintenance activities he was undertaking that violated the antiquities law on the Temple Mount.

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According to the police, the man was setting up to do work near the Dome of the Rock, on behalf of the Waqf, without obtaining the proper permissions or coordinating with the Israeli authorities.

The engineer and five of his workers were given distancing orders from the Temple Mount for 5 days.

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