The courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem on Friday looked almost empty of worshipers due to Israeli tough entry restrictions imposed on Al-Aqsa Mosque for the fifth Friday in a row.
Islamic Waqf Department official said that only 4000 worshipers managed to perform the Friday weekly prayer at the Mosque.
Since the start of the Israeli aggression on Gaza Strip on October 7 Israel has been imposing tough restrictions on the entry of worshipers to the Mosque especially on Fridays. Only the elderly were allowed to perform the prayer at the holy site.
A large number of Israeli police units were deployed in Jerusalem’s Old City and at checkpoints at its gates and alleyways to prevent Palestinian youths from approaching Al-Aqsa Mosque. Barricades were also set up at its exit gates. As a result hundreds of worshipers had to perform the Friday prayer at the Old City’s roads after being denied entry.
Meanwhile Israeli police fired tear gas grenades at the worshipers who performed the weekly prayer at Wadi Al-Jouz neighborhood adjacent to the Old City.
For 35 successive days Israel has been waging a bloody war on the Gaza Strip destroying residential buildings on top of their inhabitants and carrying out thousands of airstrikes resulting in more than 40000 martyrs wounded and missing people under the rubble.
