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Amman, May 29 (Petra)– Around 60,000 worshipers performed Friday
prayer at Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif despite tightened Israeli
occupation restrictions on access to the holy site.
According to the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA), the Islamic Waqf
Department in Jerusalem said that tens of thousands of worshipers
flocked to Al-Aqsa Mosque from the early morning hours to perform
prayers within its courtyards, while Israeli forces imposed
restrictions on the entry of Palestinians through the gates of
Jerusalem’s Old City and the Mosque.
Israeli forces were heavily deployed around the Old City and at the
gates of the mosque, where they stopped and checked the
identification cards of several young men, coinciding with
intensified military measures at checkpoints surrounding Jerusalem.
Al-Aqsa Mosque has been witnessing ongoing stringent Israeli military
measures that hinder Palestinians’ access to the site, particularly
on Fridays and during religious occasions, amid calls from
Jerusalemite and Palestinian groups for worshipers to continue
visiting and maintaining a presence at the holy mosque.
//Petra// MF
