Thousands of Muslim worshipers reached the holy Al-Aqsa Mosque and performed the Friday prayer in its courtyards despite the restrictions of the Israeli occupation authorities.

On Friday morning the Israeli police were deployed at several points in Occupied Jerusalem and set up iron barriers at al-Amud Gate al-Asbat Gate and the entrances to the Old City.

The occupation police prevented many Palestinians from reaching the Mosque and praying in it.

Last week 569 Jewish settlers and dozens of Israeli police stormed the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and performed Talmudic rituals.

Several extremist settler leaders participated in the incursions led by Yehuda Glick who participated in performing religious rituals and conducting provocative tours.

Thousands of Palestinians from Occupied Jerusalem and 1948 Occupied Palestine performed Friday prayer at al-Aqsa Mosque in challenge of Israeli tightened security measures.

The PIC reporter said that Israeli forces were heavily deployed at the gates of Occupied Jerusalem and the Muslims’ holy site and checked the IDs of worshipers especially the young ones.

In his Friday sermon Sheikh Yousef Abu Snaineh preacher of al-Aqsa Mosque condemned Israeli violations against the Jerusalemite people including extrajudicial killings arrests incursions intimidation of civilians and ill-treatment against prisoners.

He also condemned the Israeli policy of settlement and confiscation of Palestinians’ lands as well as the repeated incursions into the Aqsa Mosque in addition to the American intention of relocating the Israeli embassy to Occupied Jerusalem and the continuation of the Israeli siege on Gaza.