More than 15000 Muslim worshipers performed Friday prayer in the holy Al-Aqsa Mosque despite the rain and restrictions imposed by the Israeli occupation police in the vicinity of Jerusalem.
The Israeli police tightened its military measures in and around Jerusalem and prevented hundreds of worshipers from reaching the Mosque.
Jerusalemite sources reported that the occupation police stopped 3 buses from the West Bank and the 1948 occupied lands and prevented them from entering Jerusalem to pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The sources pointed out that the occupation police deployed dozens of foot patrols at various entrances to the Old City and Al-Aqsa.
The Israeli police checked the ID cards of the worshipers and detained two young men at the al-Asbat Gate while they were leaving from the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
At dawn Friday local sources reported that the Israeli police had arrested Sufyan Abu Al-Hawa 18 and Ahmed Qabaja 20 from the Matalt al-Inter in Al-Tur town. They were taken to investigation centers in the city.
In previous statements Sheikh Ekrema Sabri the preacher of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the head of the Supreme Islamic Authority in Jerusalem called on Palestinians to frequent the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Sheikh Sabri warned against the consequences of the occupation’s exploitation of the corona pandemic to reduce the number of Muslim worshipers in Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Israeli occupation targets Jerusalemites with arrests deportation orders and fines with the aim of dissuading them from frequenting the Al-Aqsa Mosque and leaving it an easy prey for Israeli settlers.
