OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)
For the 14th consecutive week, Israeli authorities imposed tight restrictions on Palestinians, banning them from entering the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem for Friday prayer, leaving the Mosque all but empty.
Hundreds of Palestinians were forced to perform the Friday prayer in the streets after being barred from entering the holy shrine, while only dozens of elderly worshipers were allowed in.
The Israeli forces also stopped dozens of young men at checkpoints and prevented them from reaching the Mosque.
Eyewitnesses affirmed that Israeli forces have been heavily deployed across the occupied city, particularly in the Old City and the entrances leading to the Aqsa Mosque.
Israeli police also forced the worshipers who were trying to perform Friday prayer in the Bab al-Rahma cemetery, adjacent to the Aqsa Mosque, to leave the cemetery.
Meanwhile, worshipers in the Wadi Al-Joz neighborhood were suppressed and attacked while on their way to the Aqsa Mosque to perform the Friday prayer.
A young man was also arrested during the attack.
