text: the excavations in the tunnel accidentally on 17 August 1981, and they closed the tunnel on 2 September 1981, after extensive clashes between Muslim workers and technicians and Jewish extremists. REPEA'IEIJ A'l"IEMP'IS HJ PRAY II', ·1 HE AL-AQSA MOSQUE Israeli attempts to break into the AI-Aqsa Mosque and its external courtyard~ began on the pretext of conducting early morning prayers. Less than three days after the fire in the AI-Aqsa Mosque, which occurred on 18 August 1969, some young Jewish men stole into the AI-Haram Al-Sharif and circumambulated the Dome of the Rock, while chanting psalms, prayers and some passages from the Torah. After that, the break-ins continued. The most conspicuous was the attempt by Rabbi Meir Kahane to blow up the Dome of the Rock in May 1980. On 11 May, the hraeli security forces discovered a cache of explosive, near the Al-Aqsa Mosque prepared by Meir Kahane and hi, group. Since that time, Kahane ha, been announcing his determination to blow up the Al-Aq,a Mosque. For example, there is his unambigu­ ou, ,tatement in the interview conducted by the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Af..haranot and published on 21 January, in which he said that he would not rest until he succeeded in blowing up the Al-Aqsa Mo,que. ARMED INTRUSION AND SHOOTING OF MUSLIMS Indicative of the attempts to break into and blow up the AI-Aqsa Mosque was the break-in effected by the Israeli soldier Eli Gathman on 11 April 1982. He succeeded in reaching and entering the Dome of the Rock, after firing at the Mosque guards and killing two of them. This break-in resulted in the firing of !I large number of shots at the Dome of the Rock and its walls and great material losses in the Mosque. The clashes that took place between Muslims and Jews left nine martyrs and 136 wounded. 
analysis: The text appears to be discussing a series of events related to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, including attempted break-ins, clashes between Muslim and Jewish groups, and violence. The tone of the text suggests that these events are related to religious tensions and conflict, rather than any of the other categories.