Israeli archaeologists called for greater supervision of work authorized by the Wakf Islamic Trust on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. The call followed reports that bulldozers had dug a deep ditch near the Dome of the Rock, causing damage to a floor dating from the Second Temple period.
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