OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (Palestine Foundation Information Center) Tens of thousands of Palestinian worshipers performed Friday prayer at the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem, despite Israeli restrictions.
The Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem affirmed that around 60,000 Muslims performed the Friday prayer at the holy shrine.
A heavy contingent of Israeli police was deployed at the entrances, surroundings, and alleys of the city, as well as at the external gates of the Mosque.
The Israeli forces also arrested a young woman near Asbat Gate after preventing her from reaching the Mosque.
They also searched the bags of women before entering the Aqsa Mosque, checked the IDs of young men, and prevented a number of them from entering the holy site through Asbat Gate, coinciding with the Friday prayer.
Earlier Friday, a number of young men and women were forced to perform the Fajr prayers in the vicinity of Aqsa Mosque after being blocked from having access to the Mosque.
During the Friday sermon, the Mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, welcomed the Gaza ceasefire deal that “will end the criminal war against our patient and steadfast people after thousands of them were killed, including children, women, elderly and men.”
“This resilient people chose to stay on their land despite all the challenges, hardships, disasters, fires, and flames,” he said.
