OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (Palestine Foundation Information Center), Tens of thousands of Palestinians were able to perform the Friday prayer at the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem despite the Israeli security measures that restricted their access to the holy site.
According to Al-Qastal News, about 70,000 Muslim worshipers observed the Friday khutba (sermon) and prayer at the Aqsa Mosque.
The Israeli occupation police reportedly prevented thousands of Muslim worshipers from entering the Mosque and many others from entering Jerusalem to observe the Friday khutba and prayer.
Meanwhile, a number of Jerusalemite men and women, who are banned from entering the Mosque, had to perform the Friday prayer in the holy city’s streets.
Earlier in the morning, several buses carrying Palestinians from 1948 occupied Palestine arrived in the holy city to perform the Friday prayer and to mark the Isra and Miraj occasion at the Aqsa Mosque.
Outside the Mosque, the Old City streets and roads have been teeming since the morning with Palestinian citizens, who flocked to the holy city to celebrate the occasion.
