The Waqf Muslim Authority of the Haram Al-Ibrahimi Mosque (Me'arat Hamachpela Cave of the Patriarchs) in Hevron is demanding that the "Islamic site" be returned to full sovereignty and that the "settlers" be removed from the "stolen" Muslim wing.
In a statement marking the 24th anniversary of the massacre at the Cave of the Patriarchs, in which 29 Muslim worshipers were murdered, the Waqf noted that the site was an Islamic site belonging exclusively to Muslims and that the site was included in the United Nations Eduational Scientific and Cultural Organization's list of threatened heritage sites. The Waqf called on UNESCO and the international community to take action to put an end to the activities of the "occupation and its settlers" on the site and to preserve the sanctity of the Ibrahimi Mosque.