11.   Israel opens the archeological tunnel running alongside the Al-Aqsa mosque complex and deploys a significant contingent of police to protect the excavation.

12.   The mosque complex also has its own school for handicrafts, a projection room and an international conference hall with simultaneous translation facilities.

13.   The tunnel runs alongside the Al-Aqsa mosque complex, the third holiest site in Islam.

14.   The site of the discovery faces the Wailing Wall, the holiest site in Judaism, and near the Al-Aqsa mosque complex which is sacred to Moslems.

15.   Last week five Hai Ve Kayam activists were arrested trying to pray on the mosque complex.