Far-right activists pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque for Charlie Kirk

Jewish and Christian worshippers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem on Wednesday and held prayers in honour of Charlie Kirk, a far-right activist murdered in the United States.

The event, organised by Israeli settler organisation Beyadenu, saw dozens attending to hear a eulogy led by Yehuda Glick, a religious nationalist rabbi and former MP who has campaigned for years for Jews to worship on the mosque's grounds.

Flanked by Israeli soldiers, Glick said Kirk had managed to "connect so many hearts to faith, without fear and without hesitation".

"And now, in his death, he has connected even more people to the Creator, and even brought Jews and Christians from all over the world to the place that God chose for His name to dwell,” he said.

Kirk, founder of the far-right student organisation Turning Point USA, was shot dead last week during a public event at a university in Orem, Utah.

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